HOW THE DEBATE RAGED BETWEEN CRITICS AND FANS

AGAINST THE VISIT

It appears President Trump got the message from the many Londoners who love and admire America and Americans but find his policies and actions the polar opposite of our city’s values of inclusion, diversity and tolerance. His visit would without doubt have been met by mass peaceful protests. SADIQ KHAN, London mayor You finally got the message that you’d be met by millions of us out on the streets protesting. DAVID LAMMY, Labour MP News that Trump has thrown his toys out of the pram... will be welcomed by all of us who reject his abhorrent views. JO SWINSON, Lib Dem deputy leader

IN FAVOUR OF THE VISIT

The US is the biggest single investor in the UK yet Khan and Corbyn seem determined to put this crucial relationship at risk. We will not allow US-UK relations to be endangered by some puffed up pompous popinjay in City Hall. BORIS JOHNSON, Foreign Secretary It’s disappointing. Maybe, just maybe, Sadiq Khan, Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party planning mass protests, maybe those optics he didn’t like the look of. NIGEL FARAGE, ex-Ukip leader