A British PM hasn't had a US state visit in over a decade.

The last state visit was on March 14, 2012, when Barack Obama welcomed David Cameron to the White House.

Since March 2012, French leaders have been welcomed to the White House with three state visits.

François Hollande in 2014 and Emmanuel Macron in 2018 and 2022.

Wild internal UK politics and 5 PMs since 2012 have kept London on the sidelines and greatly weakened its influence and importance in DC.

Right now, France is DC's most important European nation.

-Marc