However, in a tweet, President Trump said: “Reason I canceled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London for “peanuts,” only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars. Bad deal. Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO!
Trump was expected to inaugurate the new embassy of the US in Britain in his first visit to the country British PM Theresa May invited Trump to the country on her visit to the White House an year ago as the first head of a government to call on the new PresidentUS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would inaugurate the embassy building in the absence of Trump.
But authorities had not ruled out a Trump-May talk in near future, instead the President would hold a brief meeting with May when he visits the embassy for ‘cutting the ribbon’ in a modest visit next month, reported ‘The Guardian Also, chances of Trump meeting Queen Elizabeth II are also marred by uncertainties as authorities in Washington and London are studying the possibilities for a reception in Buckingham Palace amid protests in streets and the Parliament.
The relations between the erstwhile colony and the colonizer saw a deep divide after President Trump endorsed a video posted by a far-right British organisation in Twitter.
The President’s retweet tagging Prime Minister May received the ire of British politicians and provoked the UK to seek explanation from the White House.Trump was scheduled to meet May on February 26 and 27 at No 10 Downing Street.
