US President Trump to visit Britain mid-year, possibly July: reports

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 12, 2018 US President Donald Trump speaks about tax cuts during an event with American workers in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. The Democratic Party filed a lawsuit on April 20, 2018 alleging that Russia, WikiLeaks and top officials from Donald Trump's campaign conspired to tilt the 2016 US presidential election in the Republican's favor. The civil complaint filed in federal district court in Manhattan by the Democratic National Committee alleges that Russia informed Trump's campaign that it had conducted a cyber-attack on the DNC, leading to the release of information damaging to Trump's rival Hillary Clinton. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB

 

LONDON: A spokeswoman for Prime Minister Theresa May’s office said officials were still working out the details of a visit by Trump after the Daily Mail, citing a British government source, said that dates in mid-July have been pencilled in.

Britain is keen to reinforce its “special relationship” with the United States as May’s government prepares to leave the European Union, a divorce that will shape the country’s standing in the world, but Trump has yet to visit London.

The Daily Telegraph quoted an unnamed official in the Trump administration as saying the president was looking at a visit to Britain in “late summer”.

Many British voters have said that if the US President comes to Britain they would protest on a range of issues.

The US Embassy in London was not immediately available for comment on the reports.