Trump to kick off Europe trip

US President Donald Trump will visit Europe next week.

Trump is expected to pay a state visit to Britain on June 3-5, and then travel to France to observe the D-Day anniversary in Normandy on June 6 and meet French President Emmanuel Macron.

The president and first lady Melania Trump have also accepted the invitation of Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar to visit Ireland, and Trump will hold talks with Varadkar on June 5.

On June 6, 1944, allied troops launched a surprise military operation, known as the D-Day Normandy Landings, in which more than 2 million soldiers landed in Normandy, northern France.

The massive operation began to regain German-occupied western Europe and contributed to the victory of the allied forces in World War II.