Trump to visit London despite protests

The Jully 13 visit had been delayed amid diplomatic spats

Donald Trump will defy protests to visit London during his July working trip to Britain, the US ambassador said yesterday, adding that the US President was “very thick-skinned.”

“He’ll definitely be coming to London. We welcome him, we’re so happy to have him,” Woody Johnson, the ambassador in London, told LBC Radio, following reports that the president may avoid London, where widespread protests are planned.

“He’s very thick-skinned. He knows what he wants to do and he speaks in a very clear and unusual way from most politicians.

“Most politicians don’t weigh it out the way he does and so he is going to get a lot of criticism for that as people interpret where he is taking everything. The visit, which will take place on July 13, had been repeatedly delayed amid a series of diplomatic spats and fears it could be marred by huge protests.