Talk of Trump Visit Tests U.K.’s ‘Special Relationship’
Talk of Trump Visit Tests U.K.’s ‘Special Relationship’
That, roughly, has been the trajectory of the ties — which some Britons call a special relationship — between President Trump
and Theresa May, the British prime minister who hurried to Washington to be the first foreign leader to pay an official visit to the new American leader after his inauguration.
The United States ambassador to Britain, Woody Johnson, said on Tuesday
that he believed that Mr. Trump would come to London to dedicate the new United States Embassy, which is scheduled to open in January, reviving a debate among Britons about what kind of welcome Mr. Trump might expect.
Mr. Khan has been no less sharp-tongued about Mr. Trump, saying the American president should not visit Britain
because "his policies go against everything we stand for." Such exchanges have fanned an undisguised hostility among Mr. Trump’s critics in Britain, where there have been calls for the president’s visit to be called off or met with protests.
Speaking to the BBC, Mr. Johnson, the American ambassador, said no date had been set for the president to visit Britain,
but "absolutely, I think he will come." "It hasn’t been officially announced, but I hope he does," the ambassador said.
The presidential trip has been an on-off kind of affair — more off than on, it has sometimes seemed
— ever since Mrs. May invited Mr. Trump on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II to pay an official visit.
Displaying an uncharacteristic bluntness in dealings with an American president, Mrs. May said Mr. Trump had been "wrong" to send the messages.
That, roughly, has been the trajectory of the ties — which some Britons call a special relationship — between President Trump
and Theresa May, the British prime minister who hurried to Washington to be the first foreign leader to pay an official visit to the new American leader after his inauguration.
The United States ambassador to Britain, Woody Johnson, said on Tuesday
that he believed that Mr. Trump would come to London to dedicate the new United States Embassy, which is scheduled to open in January, reviving a debate among Britons about what kind of welcome Mr. Trump might expect.
Mr. Khan has been no less sharp-tongued about Mr. Trump, saying the American president should not visit Britain
because "his policies go against everything we stand for." Such exchanges have fanned an undisguised hostility among Mr. Trump’s critics in Britain, where there have been calls for the president’s visit to be called off or met with protests.
Speaking to the BBC, Mr. Johnson, the American ambassador, said no date had been set for the president to visit Britain,
but "absolutely, I think he will come." "It hasn’t been officially announced, but I hope he does," the ambassador said.
The presidential trip has been an on-off kind of affair — more off than on, it has sometimes seemed
— ever since Mrs. May invited Mr. Trump on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II to pay an official visit.
Displaying an uncharacteristic bluntness in dealings with an American president, Mrs. May said Mr. Trump had been "wrong" to send the messages.