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Trump's Visit To UK Will Go Ahead Despite Protests, Say White House

Trump's Visit To UK Will Go Ahead Despite Protests, Say White House

There were rumours he'd cancel.

Michael Minay

Michael Minay

The White House has denied claims that Donald Trump's state visit to the UK will be delayed over fears of public protests.

The Guardian reported on Sunday that Trump had told Theresa May in a phone call he wanted to put the trip on hold until the British public supported his presidency.

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However, a spokesman for the White House, denied the rumours, saying: "The subject never came up on the call."

Downing Street have also since issued a statement which read: "The Queen extended an invitation to President Trump to visit the UK and there is no change to those plans."

Almost two million signed a petition against the visit after May extended the invitation during her visit to Washington in January.

Trump's criticism of Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, following the Borough Market terror attack has also fuelled opposition to the idea of him coming to the UK.



Trump's first foreign trip was to Saudi Arabia. From there he moved to Israel and the Vatican, before summits in Italy and Belgium.

The White House recently announced that his next trip will include a visit to Poland.

It was a controversial start as president for the former American businessman who has promised to build a wall between the North American and Mexican border.

Trump has been vocal on what he thinks of other world leaders too. He criticised China's indecisiveness on actions over North Korea.

He's also condemned the Assad regime, and launched strikes on Syria and the so-called Islamic State.

Perhaps most controversially, he reversed America's role in the Paris Climate Agreement at the beginning of June.

His 'America first' policies have seen him withdraw from the deal which was signed by a record 195 countries who tried to take responsibility for climate change.

The former governor of California, and movie megastar, Arnold Schwarzenegger, blasted Trump for the move and said: "One man cannot destroy our progress, one man can't stop our clean energy revolution, and one man can't go back in time."

Source: The Guardian

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Topics: America, theresa may, President, Donald Trump, UK