Dump Trump campaign renewed

Tuesday 23rd April 2019 10:32 EDT
 
 

US President Donald Trump’s postponed state visit to the UK will go ahead in June, as has been confirmed by the Buckingham Palace

The three-day trip in June would observe him travelling to Normandy in France to take part in the 75th anniversary commemorations of the D-day landings. According to reports, the trip would include discussions with Theresa May in Downing Street. On the final day of his trip, Trump and the first Melania Trump, will attend an event in Portsmouth to mark the D-day landings. No 10 in a statement to The Gaurdian said that the event would be “one of the greatest British military spectacles in recent history” and would include a flypast of 26 types of RAF aircraft and at least 11 Royal Navy boats in the Solent.

However, this confirmatory visit has also sparked debate and a protest campaign where they have pledged to mobilise huge numbers in response to Trump's visit. Huge protests were mobilised last July, when Trump’s state visit was downgraded to a working visit where an estimated 250,000 people took to the streets of London. An online petition to cancel Trump's state visit reached 1.9 million signatures in 2017 and the trip has been delayed several times since then. When Trump last visited Britain in July 2018, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in opposition, under a large inflatable effigy of Trump as a baby. The same set of organisers - the Stop Trump Coalition and Stand Up To Trump - are set to mobilise again this time.

Shaista Aziz, from the Stop Trump coalition, said- “This demonstration isn't just about Trump as one man. He is a symbol of the new far right, a politics of Islamophobia and anti-semitism, of war and conflict, and walls and fences that are growing around the world. We are fighting against the British government’s own disgraceful “hostile environment” policies, as well as Trump’s border wall.”

Sabby Dhalu from Stand Up to Trump said- “Donald Trump is the world’s number one racist, warmonger and misogynist, with no solution to the global economic crisis. His presidency has emboldened every fascist and racist across the globe and is stirring up tension in Latin America, the Middle East and Asia. A formal state visit to Britain in June must be met with widespread opposition. All those that value peace and hope for a better world for the many must take to the streets and say clearly that Donald Trump is not welcome here!”


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