US President Trump's UK visit delayed over racist tweets

December 02, 2017 00:06

Donald Trump's visit to the UK early next year has been reportedly postponed to February by US officials.

It comes despite the row between the US President and Theresa May grows after he retweeted videos shared by far-right group Britain First.

A US diplomat said, "'The idea of a visit has obviously been floated, but not December and not January. I would not expect a Trump visit in January."

Trump was set to come to the UK in January 2018 for a 'working visit' to open America's new embassy in London, during which he would not meet the Queen.

It had previously been reported that the visit had been scrapped entirely, but now reports say Trump will now visit in February instead.

While nearly two million Brits signed a petition banning the US President from coming to the UK on a state visit, it is thought the scaled down 'working visit' would allow Trump to avoid the protests a state visit could trigger.

But a row has threatened to erupt between the two leaders after Trump shared a string of tweets purportedly showing violent acts by Muslims.

It sparked outrage in the UK and prompted Downing Street to say it was wrong of the US President to share them.

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