US diplomats have reportedly dropped Donald Trump‘s planned working visit to the UK. – The Independent Staff (independent.co.uk) / Dec 1 2017
Mr Trump had been expected to visit the UK early next year to open the new US embassy – although it would not have been a full state visit and he would not have meet the Queen.
However, even that trip has now been postponed, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph.
The site reported a senior US diplomat as saying: “The idea of a visit has obviously been floated, but not December and not January. I would not expect a Trump visit in January.”
The reported postponement comes amid a public spat with Theresa May over the President’s retweets of a far-right group.
But the diplomat told the Telegraph the two were not related.
On Wednesday Mr Trump retweeted three videos posted by Britain First deputy leader Jayda Fransen, causing widespread outrage.
Ms May said the decision was “wrong” and MPs queued up to condemn the President.
PB/TK – A couple trips to Europe without a single stop in the UK for fish and chips or tea with the Queen, yet able to schedule tee times with Tiger Woods and Jack Nicholson
