Donald Trump’s state seemed a success and brought inward investment with it, but steel tariffs are still on the table and political chaos reigns at home, says Eliot Wilson

The Eagle has flown. President Donald Trump undertook his unprecedented second state visit to the United Kingdom last week – unprecedented for a US president, anyway, though seven other heads of state have done the double. Now that the adrenaline rush has passed and the panstick has faded, we can look back at what happened.

There were no disasters. That may seem a low bar, but when dealing with an American administration as volatile and unpredictable as this, it cannot be taken for granted. As when Sir Keir Starmer visited the Oval Office in February, it is no small thing to have walked away without a profound clash of interests or a shouting match.

In economic and trade terms, where sentiment and ambition have to be translated into pounds and dollars, there was much positive........

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