Did President Donald Trump cancel his U.K. trip (including a visit to London) that is taking place in July 2018? No, that's not true: an old story from January about Trump aborting a visit to open the new U.S. Embassy suddenly went viral again in July, causing many people to believe Trump had blown off the July visit too.
The story originated from an article published on January 12, 2018 titled "Trump cancels trip to London, says he won't cut ribbon at new US Embassy" (archived here) which opened:
President Donald Trump announced the sudden cancellation of a planned trip to cut the ribbon at the new U.S. Embassy in London late Thursday, blaming the reversal on the Obama administration's decision to sell the country's old embassy for "peanuts." Trump had been scheduled to attend a...
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Trump cancels trip to London, says he won't cut ribbon at new US Embassy
President Donald Trump announced the sudden cancellation of a planned trip to cut the ribbon at the new U.S. Embassy in London late Thursday, blaming the reversal on the Obama administration's decision to sell the country's old embassy for "peanuts." Trump had been scheduled to attend a...
In reality Trump's visit is set to go ahead and no announcement about a cancellation has been made this time.
