Trump to meet with Theresa May in the U.K. in July
By REBECCA MORIN
President Donald Trump will visit the U.K. for bilateral talks with Prime Minister Theresa May on July 13, the White House announced Thursday.
A spokesman for May also confirmed the visit will take place.
Theresa May and Trump held talks in Davos, Switzerland in January, with the president saying they have “a really great relationship.” Downing Street said the chemistry between the two leaders was “good.”
A petition calling on Britain to withdraw an invitation to Trump because the visit “would cause embarrassment” to the queen gained more than 1.8 million signatures.
Earlier this year, Trump announced on Twitter that he had canceled a planned trip to London to open the new U.S. Embassy.
Trump blamed the cancellation on his predecessor, Barack Obama, writing that the Obama administration had made a “bad deal” in relocating the embassy in London even though that decision had been made by former President George W. Bush.
British Ambassador to the U.S. Kim Darroch also tweeted on Thursday that he is “delighted“ Trump will visit the U.K."
Trump's visit will come on the heels of a planned NATO summit in July.
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