Inside Politics: Donald Trump touches down during election campaign’s home stretch

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There are only nine – nine! – days until we go to the polls

Gibbo, Burnsy, Cheeks, Josh and Morty – what a bunch of absolute legends. A screenshot of their WhatsApp group chat somehow managed to start a wild, false, nonsensical social media rumour the Queen was dead. The Queen is not dead, but she may wish she was. Her Majesty has to welcome Donald Trump – the king of false claims and wild social media nonsense – to Buckingham Palace later today. While Jeremy Corbyn tries to get Trump’s attention with a letter about the NHS, Boris Johnson will attempt to avoid the US president during his two-day visit for the NATO summit. Maybe Trump could use some of his downtime to meet up with Gibbo, Burnsy, Cheeks and the boys instead? I’m Adam Forrest, and welcome to The Independent’s daily Inside Politics briefing.

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