Trump's Avoiding the U.K. So May Can Focus on Brexit, Tillerson Says
Source: Bloomberg News
By Thomas Penny and Nick Wadhams
January 18, 2018, 8:33 AM EST
U.S. President Donald Trump is avoiding a visit to Britain because he wants to allow Prime Minister Theresa May to focus her attention on withdrawing from the European Union, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said.
While Trump said last week that he “canceled” a visit to London to formally open the new U.S. embassy because the old site had been sold for “peanuts” and the new building, in an “off location,” was a “bad deal,” Tillerson put a different gloss on the decision.
“As you know, President Trump was supportive of the U.K.’s exit from the EU, he still thinks that was the right decision for them,” Tillerson told reporters on a flight from California to Washington. “Britain needs to focus on those Brexit negotiations right now, which is really important to them, and I think the president realizes that’s where Prime Minister May really needs to focus her attention.”
There has been controversy over the possibility of a visit by the president ever since May delivered an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II in January last year. Opposition groups promised protests if he visited and John Bercow, speaker of the House of Commons, said he would not be welcome to address Parliament.
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... from long before #ShitHoleGate. 
Now, the Brits need to rename, #ShowYourShitHoleToTrump.
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A million moons await the day he arrives.
