By Fionnuala Boyle

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Donald Trump has officially departed the UK after his three-day state visit , which came six years after he visited during his first presidential term. And as per usual, at every stop of the journey, he had something to say. The US President made an unofficial visit to Scotland during the summer, but on Thursday, September 18, he and First Lady Melania Trump returned to the US on Air Force One after an eventful few days. Trump secured a £250 billion tech deal between the UK and US with Keir Starmer earlier on Thursday, despite a tense press conference with the two leaders covering issues including illegal migration and the conflict in Gaza. Throughout his time on UK soil, Trump made a number of political statements, even at a lavish state banquet at Windsor Castle on Wednesday night, which is not typical protocol, particularly in the presence of the monarch. The event was attended by guests including Royal Family members, business leaders and White House representatives, but one person was disinvited by Trump. So, what are the bizarre statements Trump made in full? During a press conference at Chequers, the UK Prime Minister’s official country residence, Trump told Sir Keir Starmer to call in the military to tackle small boat crossings. At a joint press news conference, the Republican leader talked about his policies to secure borders in the US and said the UK faced a similar challenge with migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats. “You have people coming in and I told the prime minister I would stop it, and it doesn’t matter if you call out the military, it doesn’t matter what means you use,” Trump said. Trump also said illegal immigration “destroys countries from within and we’re actually now removing a lot of the people that came into our country.” Trump said he “didn’t want” London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan at the state banquet hosted by the King at Windsor Castle, reports the BBC . Speaking to reporters on Air Force One when heading back the US, Trump described Sir Sadiq as “among the worst mayors in the world”, saying he had wanted to attend the event, but “I asked that he not be there”. “I think the Mayor of London Khan is among the worst mayors in the world, and we have some bad ones,” he said. “I think he’s done a terrible job. Crime in London is through the roof. “I asked that he not be there. He wanted to be there, as I understand, I didn’t want him.” Speaking again at Chequers, Trump said Vladimir Putin “really let me down” and gave a sinister warning over the threat of another world war. He also said the Russia-Ukraine war wouldn’t have happened “if he was president”. The 79-year-old said he believed the conflict in Ukraine would be the “easiest” to resolve of ongoing wars due to his relationship with Russia, adding: “He’s [Putin’s] let me down. He’s really let me down.” He later added the war in Ukraine didn’t affect the US “unless you end up in a world war on this, you could”. “That’s a war that could have been a third world war , and I don’t think we’re going to be there now, but that was heading to a third world war,” he said. “And what a shame it is. What a shame it is.” Trump claimed Putin started the war because “he didn’t respect the leadership of the United States” at the time. Trump added: “If I were President, it would have never happened, and it didn’t happen for four years. People, most people, agree. It didn’t happen, nor was it close to happening. “I spoke to President Putin about Ukraine, it was the apple of his eye. I’ve said that many times, it was, but he would have never done what he did, except that he didn’t respect the leadership of the United States.” Trump said he disagreed with the Prime Minister’s stance on officially recognising a Palestinian state. Speaking following a bilateral meeting on Thursday during his state visit, Trump said: “I have a disagreement with the prime minister on that score, one of our few disagreements, actually.” Starmer hastened to add that he and Trump agreed on the ultimate aim of peace in the region. “We absolutely agree on the need for peace and a road map, because the situation in Gaza is intolerable,” he said. Trump described his UK visit as “one of the highest honours of my life,” and said that “special relationship” did not go far enough to describe the bond between the UK and the US. He said the bond of kinship and identity between America and the UK was “priceless, eternal, irreplaceable and unbreakable”. In a speech at Windsor Castle in front of the King, Prince William, Princess Kate , and other Royal Family members, Trump said: “We’ve done more good for humanity than any two countries in all of history. “Together, we must defend the exceptional heritage that makes us who we are, and we must continue to stand for the values of the people of the English-speaking world.”