Trump to snub Labour leader but not London

DONALD TRUMP will snub Jeremy Corbyn during his visit to the UK, it emerged yesterday as the US ambassador insisted the president was “very thick-skinned” and will “definitely” visit London despite concerns about mass protests.

Whitehall sources told The Daily Telegraph that Mr Trump will not have time to meet Mr Corbyn during his 24hour visit to the UK on Friday July 13, which will see him meet the Queen and go to Chequers.

The Labour leader previously said he wanted to talk to Mr Trump about his “problems with Mexicans and Muslims” when he visits the UK. Ed Miliband, Mr Corbyn’s predecessor, met Barack Obama when he made a state visit to the UK in 2011.

Woody Johnson, the US ambassador to the UK, suggested Mr Trump would not be deterred by the threat of demonstrations in London because he “knows what he wants to do”. His comments came as the number of people who said they will join a demonstration in London against Mr Trump surpassed 36,000 with a further 102,000 people signalling an interest in attending on the protest’s Facebook page.

In an LBS Radio interview, Mr Johnson said: “He will be in Nato meetings before that so he will come over here, have some meetings here. Exactly how those meetings are going to be laid out and who he is going to meet with and all of that is still on the table. He will definitely be coming to London.”

Mr Johnson suggested protesters would not stop the US president from coming to London. He said: “He is very thick-skinned. He knows what he wants to do and he speaks in a very clear and unusual way from most politicians... But I think in the end people are starting to ... realise that where he is going is a good direction.”