So despite an uneasy election in the UK and many other factors the Queen is still holding her hand out to the most powerful man in the World.
President Trump told British Prime Minister Theresa May that he wants to postpone his state visit to the United Kingdom if large-scale protests disrupt his trip, according to a report on Sunday.
Trump called May in recent weeks to inform her about his decision, the Guardian reported, citing a Downing Street adviser.
May, who suffered a defeat in last week’s election, invited Trump to Britain shortly after his inauguration when she was the first foreign head of state to visit the White House.
The invite was controversial from the beginning and two million people signed an online petition calling for the visit to be canceled.
But US and British officials shot down the report, saying Trump’s visit is on.
“The queen extended an invitation to President Trump to visit the U.K. and there is no change to those plans,” a May spokesman told Reuters.
“The president has tremendous respect for Prime Minister May,” White House spokesman Raj Shah told The Washington Post. “That subject never came up on the call.”
LONDON (AP) — The British prime minister’s office says the state visit invitation to U.S. President Donald Trump still stands, after a newspaper reported that Trump wants to postpone the trip.
The Guardian reported Sunday that Trump told Prime Minister Theresa May that he doesn’t want to come if there will be protests — a likely prospect. The newspaper cited an unnamed Downing St. aide in the room.
May’s office declined to comment on “private phone conversations.”
It said Queen Elizabeth II had “extended an invitation to President Trump to visit the U.K. and there is no change to those plans.”
Britain has never confirmed dates for the visit.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan last week said the visit should be called off, after Trump insulted him in tweets following the London Bridge attack.
