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‘As usual, he’s dead wrong’: Former U.S. ambassadors explain London Embassy move after Trump criticism

The following article by Adam Taylor was posted on the Washington Post website January 12, 2018:

President Trump said Jan. 12 that he canceled an official visit to London to dedicate the new U.S. embassy because it was a ‘bad’ real estate deal. (Reuters)

In a tweet sent late Thursday evening, President Trump said he had canceled his trip to Britain next month because he was unhappy with the new U.S. Embassy in London — and accused the Obama administration of making a “bad deal” for an “off location.”

Many Britons disagreed, suggesting instead the president was simply worried his arrival in London would be greeted by mass protests. Those involved in the relocation of the U.S. Embassy in London also say Trump, a former real estate mogul in New York City, has a bad understanding of the deal. Continue reading “‘As usual, he’s dead wrong’: Former U.S. ambassadors explain London Embassy move after Trump criticism”

Trump’s Statement On Canceled London Visit Is Full Of Falsehoods

The following article by Willa Frej was posted on the Huffington Post website January 12, 2018:

He blames Obama for the move, even though it was first planned under Bush.

LONDON ― President Donald Trump offered a classically Trumpian explanation for why he canceled his upcoming trip to the U.K.: the construction of a new U.S. embassy in the British capital represents a bad deal, and he wants nothing to do with it.

“Reason I canceled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London for ‘peanuts,’ only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars,” he tweeted late Thursday. “Bad deal. Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO!” Continue reading “Trump’s Statement On Canceled London Visit Is Full Of Falsehoods”