"Jamaica Gleaner" : UK lawmakers debate downgrading Trump invite for state visit

He urged the Conservative government to "consider this with a bit of humility ... and change the invitation to one for a visit, not a state visit". He said that a state visit would make it appear as if the queen were "approving the acts of Donald J. Trump". State visits are distinct from official visits and see foreign leaders welcomed with royal pomp and military ceremony. The non-binding debate was called in response to an online petition with more than 1.8 million signatures saying that a formal state visit "would cause embarrassment to Her Majesty the Queen". Both Bush and Obama made their state visits several years into their tenures.


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MPs pour scorn on 'racist and sexist' Trump in state visit debate

Rees-Mogg was one of a number of Tories to defend both the president and May for issuing a state visit. British MPs lined up on Monday to pour scorn on a "racist and sexist" Donald Trump, who they said should not be allowed to come to Britain for a state visit because of the risk it would embarrass the Queen. "But to do so now that he is president will only reinforce his actions, his divisive racist and sexist messages. "As an example of fawning subservience, the prime minister holding hands [with Trump] would be difficult to match," the former Scottish first minister said. The British people will be more interested in the important debate in the Lords on Brexit," said a government source.

Thousands rally as British MPs debate Trump state visit - World - Vietnam News

Lawmakers also discussed a counter-petition to uphold the state visit invite, which attracted over 300,000 signatures. During the debate, opposition Labour MP David Lammy said the government offered the state visit because it is "desperate" for a trade deal with the US. LONDON — Thousands of protesters rallied outside parliament on Monday as MPs debated a petition to cancel a state visit by US President Donald Trump which gained more than 1.8 million signatures. While Trump was offered a state visit after just seven days in office, his predecessor Barack Obama had to wait 758 days before receiving the same invitation. British Prime Minister Theresa May became the first foreign leader to meet Trump in the White House in January, when she invited him to the UK on a state visit to be hosted by Queen Elizabeth II later this year.


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