British Government Rejects Request Against Visit By Donald Trump

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

The British government reiterated on Tuesday that it will receive US President Donald Trump despite the popular request against the president making a state visit to the United Kingdom.

Through a statement issued by the British Foreign Ministry, he assured that Trump will be received with deserved courtesy.

The government "recognizes the opinions expressed by those who signed the petition, but does not support this petition" and assures that the invitation, made by the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, to the magnate last month, "reflects the importance of the relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom,”added the statement.

More than 1.8 million people signed the request to the Executive that the invitation to the magnate be annulled or demoted to a level below that of "state visit", considering that the visit would cause "shame to Her Majesty, the Queen [Isabel II]”.

According to British law, once a petition exceeds 100,000 signatures, the matter must be dealt with in parliament, so it will be debated next Monday in the House of Commons.

Also on the table will be a parallel petition, with 310,000 signatures, in support of the invitation to the President of the United States.

May reiterated Tuesday in a phone conversation with Trump her desire to receive him in London, a government spokesperson reported.

While it is common for all American presidents to make a state visit to the United Kingdom - which includes being received by the queen and receiving all honors - at some point in her term, this usually occurs rather at the end of her stay in the White House, according to the British press.