Trump’s state visit to UK will be protested, warns activist | LBC
Trump’s state visit, which is set for September, will be protested, says an activist from the Stop Trump Coalition.
Seema Syeda said the UK needs to ‘stand up’ to Trump and that her activist group will protest the state visit.
‘The aim of protest is to disrupt,’ Syeda said when asked by Ben if the STC would mirror protest actions of Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion.
Syeda joined LBC’s Ben Kentish to discuss how the UK should approach Donald Trump.
Emmanuel Macron is set to be granted a state visit before Donald Trump’s upcoming trip to the UK this September as Britain seeks to forge closer ties with Europe, reports claim.
The French President has reportedly received an invitation to visit the UK in May from King Charles.
The trip, first reported by the Sunday Times, would be Macron’s first state visit to Britain since taking office eight years ago.
It comes after the US leader suggested Buckingham Palace was “setting a date for September” for him to meet Charles when asked about reports that he was expecting to fly to the UK at the end of summer.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Mr Trump said: “They’re going to do a second, as you know, a second fest … that’s what it is: a fest, and it’s beautiful, and it’s the first time it’s ever happened to one person.
“And the reason is we have two separate terms, and it’s an honour … I’m a friend of Charles, I have great respect for King Charles and the family, William, we have really just a great respect for the family.”
Sir Keir Starmer broke with tradition when he invited Trump for a second state visit, with second-term US presidents who have already visited the UK usually just having tea or lunch with the monarch at Windsor Castle.
Starmer handed Trump what he described at the time as a “truly historic” personal invitation from the King for a second state visit when he visited the White House in February.
However, reports suggest that the venue for the trip is now expected to be Windsor Castle, rather than Balmoral or Dumfries House, as previously thought.
Macron’s visit is also expected to take place at Windsor due to a refurbishment of Buckingham Palace.
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