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Trump’s UK Visit Brings Royal Welcome, Big Tech Billions and Protests
Donald Trump has arrived in the United Kingdom for his second official state visit. This is a rare honor of how much weight the UK is placing on its ties with Washington. The president and his wife, Melania, are being hosted by King Charles III at Windsor Castle, with formal ceremonies and meetings planned with Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Chequers.
The visit is designed to deepen relations between both countries, with a special focus on technology. Already, the two governments have signed what they’re calling the Tech Prosperity Deal. It is a sweeping agreement that covers artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and energy. Major companies like Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, and OpenAI are part of the pact. Microsoft alone is pledging around £22 billion for AI infrastructure in the UK. This is a chance to attract big investment for the British government, and position itself as a global place for high end technology.
But not everyone is celebrating. Trump’s arrival has caused protests across London and other cities. Demonstrators are voicing anger over his human rights record, his controversial stances on international conflicts, and his ties to Moscow. At one point, activists projected unflattering images of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein onto Windsor Castle.
Critics are also raising red flags about the tech deal itself. They warn that it could hand too much power to big tech companies and weaken protections for artists, workers, and data privacy. Even as the government promotes the agreement as a major economic win, campaigners are calling for safeguards that ensure ordinary people benefit too.
TV anchor Rufai Oseni makes headlines as he speaks on fuel subsidy in Nigeria. He shared that Nigeria can have fuel subsidy without the long queues at filling stations.
“When we were still paying subsidies, there were no long queues. We were subsidising. So you can still have a subsidy regime going on, and there will be no long queues because production was close by. Dangote had it. That’s just it. That argument also falls flat.
“The biggest beneficiaries of subsidy are not Nigerians. They are crony capitalists that have big infrastructure, and they do contracts. They have been the biggest beneficiaries of the subsidy,” he said.
Lagos State Governor, Sanwo-Olu, speaks to those in the electricity sector about the usual blackouts in the state.
He speaks on ways things can change in the state and how electricity can be provided.
“We need to drop corporate egos, abandon long-standing excuses, and confront the harsh realities obstructing progress in the power sector.”
“We, state governments, used to give excuses that everything is centralised, so the Federal Government has unbundled it now. What have we done in a year and a half?” Sanwo-Olu asked.
“We take two steps forward, we go five steps backward,” he said.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared Thursday, August 20, a work-free day for public servants in the state to mark the Isese Festival.
Speaking on the celebration, he said “Ìṣẹ̀ṣe is not a relic. It is a living expression of our traditions and a celebration of Yoruba spirituality as an important part of Nigeria’s cultural and religious landscape,” he said.
He added “When the drums sound in Lagos on Thursday, they answer drums in Havana, in Salvador, in Port of Spain. Fifty-five million people and counting. Lagos is not observing a local holiday. Lagos is standing at the centre of a global heritage,” Aregbe said.
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