Subject: Supplemental pool report #2: Downing Street
Prime Minister Conti of Italy also arrived with POTUS in the Beast. They chatted along with FLOTUS as Macron entered first, then Conti then POTUS and FLOTUS.
POTUS and FLOTUS paused on the step to Number 10 for photographs but did not speak.
It’s a very chilly night and no-one wins prizes for chivalry.
Subject: Supplemental pool report #1: Downing St arrival
POTUS arrived for a NATO at 10 Downing Street at 19.46.
He arrived with Emmanuel Macron, having apparently given the French President a lift in the Beast.
He waited a few minutes and then entered with FLOTUS.
A choir ran through Christmas songs as guests began arriving, including Hark the Herald Angel, Walking in a Winter Wonderland and We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO, was first to arrive at 19.24 followed shortly after by Justin Trudeau, then Angela Merkel, who stopped to admire the choir.