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Trump tweets insults and gripes before state dinner with Queen Elizabeth

LONDON - President Donald Trump did not act like a man about to be honored by the queen - until he came face to face with the 92-year-old British monarch Monday afternoon.

For three hours between his morning arrival at Stanstead Airport and a formal welcoming ceremony just after noon, Trump set a cantankerous tone for his five-day European trip, tweeting out a series of attacks and complaints.

In a city and country where he is already deeply unpopular, the president personified a familiar stereotype: the rude American abroad.

Before Air Force One had touched down, Trump attacked London's mayor, Sadiq Khan, as a "stone cold loser."

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