Donald Trump cancels his planned trip to the UK. The president had been expected to open the new US embassy in London. Huge protests were planned against the visit. Trump blames his unhappiness over "bad deal" done by Obama on the embassy. Donald Trump has cancelled his planned visit to the United Kingdom in February 2018. Any visit by Trump to the UK seems certain to be met with huge protests, with 55% of Brits in one poll calling for his planned state visit to be cancelled. In late 2017 he embroiled himself in an unprecedented spat with British Prime Minister Theresa May, attacking her over terrorism in the UK after he retweeted videos shared by a far-right anti-Muslim extremist from Britain — sparking universal condemnation from British politicians.