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Donald Trump confirms pre-election UK visit | Donald Trump confirms pre-election UK visit |
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US President Donald Trump has confirmed he will travel to London 10 days before the UK general election. | US President Donald Trump has confirmed he will travel to London 10 days before the UK general election. |
He will be in the capital with the first lady for the Nato summit between 2 and 4 December. | He will be in the capital with the first lady for the Nato summit between 2 and 4 December. |
Mr Trump will also attend a reception at Buckingham Palace, which will be hosted by the Queen. | Mr Trump will also attend a reception at Buckingham Palace, which will be hosted by the Queen. |
The president has previously been criticised for voicing his opinions of British political leaders, including Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn. | The president has previously been criticised for voicing his opinions of British political leaders, including Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn. |
The White House said in a statement that the president "looks forward to meeting" the other Nato leaders and would "emphasize the need for the Nato alliance to ensure its readiness for the threats of tomorrow". | The White House said in a statement that the president "looks forward to meeting" the other Nato leaders and would "emphasize the need for the Nato alliance to ensure its readiness for the threats of tomorrow". |
'Unprecedented progress' | |
These threats include "those emanating from cyberspace, those affecting our critical infrastructure and telecommunications networks, and those posed by terrorism," the statement said. | |
It said the leaders would "review the alliance's unprecedented progress on burden-sharing, including adding more than $100bn (£76bn) in new defence spending since 2016." | |
In October the president criticised Mr Johnson's Brexit deal with the EU, saying it restricted the US's ability to do future trade with the UK. | |
Speaking to the Brexit Party leader, Nigel Farage, on LBC, he said that without the deal the two countries could "do many times the numbers" than now. | |
The US president also took aim at Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, saying he would be "so bad" as prime minister. | |
Mr Corbyn accused him of "trying to interfere" in the UK general election to boost "his friend Boris Johnson". |
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