By Between declaring that Boris Johnson "has what it takes" to be Prime Minister and flip-flopping on the likelihood of a post-Brexit trade deal between the United States and Britain, Donald Trump's relationship with our country has been under a lot of scrutiny this summer.
However, while Theresa May's government scrambles to put itself in a position to get a decent deal with Trump's White House, it doesn't sound like Trump actually knows what country he's meant to be dealing with.
"I have great respect for the UK," he said at a rally for Republican candidate Lou Barletta in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. "United Kingdom. Great respect. People call it Britain. They call it Great Britain. They used to call it England, different parts."
For the sake of clarity: England is a single country; it, along with Wales and Scotland, are on the island of Great Britain, and with Northern Ireland is a quarter of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It's not hard.
The thought about England being an archaic and near-mythic term for the country like Albion or Britannia is one which has been bouncing around Trump's head for a little while now.
"You don’t hear the word England as much as you should," he said after being presented with an England shirt during his interview with The Sun last month, in the middle of a World Cup in which the word 'England' was hooted with abandon at every opportunity. "I miss the name England. You understand that? I think England is a beautiful name."
