WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit to the United Kingdom, initially planned for this year, will be delayed until next year, a senior U.S. administration official said on Tuesday.

British Prime Minister Theresa May had invited Trump to London when she visited the White House soon after Trump took office on Jan. 20.

But the two sides were never able to find dates that worked for both governments. Trump has been to Europe twice this year, is headed to Paris this week and his other scheduled trip abroad in 2017 is to Asia.

“It’s just a scheduling issue,” the official told Reuters. “Finding a date that works for everyone turned out to be difficult. We’re looking at next year.”</s>Theresa May and Donald Trump Matt Cardy / Getty

LONDON — Donald Trump's state visit to the UK has been delayed until at least 2018, a senior UK government source has confirmed.

Trump was originally scheduled for a state visit to Britain last month but it was delayed until the autumn following a series of large street protests. across the UK against his presidency.

Last night a senior UK government source told Business Insider that the two countries had been unable to agree a date for this year and were "now looking at dates next year" for a possible state visit.

They added that it was possible that Trump could jet in for a non-state visit at some point in the interim. Any visit at short notice would make it difficult for opponents to organise large-scale protests.

The potential visit gathered a wave of controversy earlier this year when the House of Commons Speaker John Bercow effectively banned the president from speaking in Parliament.

Bercow said he was not willing to allow Trump to address Parliament as his predecessors had, because of Britain's opposition to "racism and sexism."

"If a state visit takes place, that is way beyond and above the pay grade of the speaker," he said.

"However, as far as this place [the House of Commons] is concerned, I feel very strongly that our opposition to racism and to sexism and our support for equality before the law and an independent judiciary are hugely important considerations in the House of Commons."

Trump reportedly told May that he was unwilling to visit the UK while the threat of further protests remained.

A Downing Street adviser told the Guardian that the President had told May that he "does not want to go ahead with a state visit to Britain until the British public supports him coming.

"The US president said he did not want to come if there were large-scale protests."

There was no mention of a state visit in May's Queen's Speech last month, which set out all the planned state visits for the next two years.</s></s>U.S. President Donald Trump's state visit to the United Kingdom, initially planned for this year, will be delayed until next year, a senior U.S. administration official said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump's state visit to the United Kingdom, initially planned for this year, will be delayed until next year, a senior U.S. administration official said on Tuesday.

British Prime Minister Theresa May had invited Trump to London when she visited the White House soon after Trump took office on Jan. 20.

But the two sides were never able to find dates that worked for both governments. Trump has been to Europe twice this year, is headed to Paris this week and his other scheduled trip abroad in 2017 is to Asia.

"It's just a scheduling issue," the official told Reuters. "Finding a date that works for everyone turned out to be difficult. We're looking at next year."</s>United States President Donald Trump's state visit to the United Kingdom (UK) is likely to happen next year.

According to Sky News, Downing Street and White House are looking for possible options to arrange for Trump's state visit next year.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May, during her visit to the US in February, had announced Queen Elizabeth's invitation of a state visit to Trump.

However, shortly after the news, many people in the UK launched a petition titled 'Prevent Donald Trump from making State Visit to the United Kingdom' to protest against Trump's immigration ban.

The petition soon became popular and garnered over 1.8 million signatories, enough to be debated on in the UK Parliament.

It was reported that senior UK politicians, including Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and former Lib Dem leader Tim Farron, called for the visit to be cancelled.

There were protests organised countrywide against his visit too.

Trump, in June, had informed May that he would not travel to Britain until the protests against him come to an end in the country.

The White House, however, denied that the US President had any reservations about visiting the UK, and added that they were looking forward to working out a "mutually acceptable date."

There were also earlier reports that Trump may secretly drop in the UK during his Europe visit for the G20 Summit.</s>LONDON — President Trump will delay his first state visit to the United Kingdom until 2018 because of concerns about protests reflecting his unpopularity with Britons, U.K. media reported Tuesday.

The visit had been expected this year, but a date was never set. Trump accepted an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II when Prime Minister Theresa May traveled to Washington in January.

Trump is disliked by many Britons, for reasons that include his travel restrictions targeting six majority-Muslim countries and his public attacks on London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the Muslim to hold the office.

More than 2 million people have signed a petition calling on Parliament to block the visit.

Last month, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the state visit was still on following reports that Trump could scrap or postpone it due to concerns about mass protests. "We look forward to scheduling that trip," said Spicer.

Thousands of protesters rallied in London in February calling on May to withdraw the invitation for a state visit.

The Guardian and the BBC reported that May’s office and the White House were looking at dates in 2018.

Trump could still visit Britain this year but without the pomp and ceremony of an official state visit.

At the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, last week, Trump told May that he would be visiting Britain, and it was just a matter of arranging a date.

"I will be going to London," he said. Trump is traveling to Paris to mark Bastille Day on Friday with French President Emmanuel Macron and could later visit his ancestral home of Scotland, where he owns a golf resort ensnared in a local development dispute.

"An invitation for a state visit has been extended and accepted, and the PM looks forward to welcoming President Trump to the U.K.,” May’s office said in a statement Tuesday. “We will set out a date for the visit in due course."

The U.K., which is exiting the European Union following a referendum last year, and the United States enjoy a long-standing “special relationship.”

"There's no country that could possibly be closer than our countries, for a long time," Trump said in Hamburg. "Prime Minister May and I have developed a very special relationship.”

He said that a U.S.-U.K. trade agreement will be "done very very quickly."</s>London, July 11: US President Donald Trump is likely to come to the United Kingdom next year, the BBC reported on Tuesday.

Downing Street and the White House are believed to be looking at options for the visit, according to the report.

Trump accepted the Queen's invitation for him to travel to Britain on a state visit when Prime Minister Theresa May visited Washington in January.

But the prospect of a state visit caused much controversy and reportedly led Trump to change his mind. It was said he did not want to visit while there was potential for protests against him.

In May, nearly two million people signed petitions saying Trump should not be invited to the UK on a state visit, the BBC reported.

Senior politicians, including Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, called for the visit to be cancelled.

Former US President Barack Obama came to the UK after two-and-a-half years into his first term, therefore questions were raised as to why Trump was invited so soon after taking office.</s>WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump’s trip to the United Kingdom probably isn’t happening in 2017.

A senior White House official says the president will delay his first state visit to London due to a scheduling issue. The official spoke anonymously because the president’s long-term schedule is typically kept private.

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May was the first world leader to visit Trump at the White House.

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She brought an invitation from the Queen for Trump to come to London this year on a state visit.</s>US President Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain is being planned for next year, a senior British government source said Tuesday.

Prime Minister Theresa May extended the invitation when she visited Washington just days after Trump’s inauguration in January, but a date has yet to be set.

The source said both sides had been unable to arrange a date for 2017 and were now looking for dates in 2018.

There has been speculation Trump was deferring the state visit, an occasion filled with pomp that involves a banquet with Queen Elizabeth II, amid concerns that it would draw protests over his presidency.

Questions about the trip also arose after it got no mention in the Queen’s annual speech to parliament in June, when it is customary for the monarch to list upcoming state visits.

But Trump confirmed he would be visiting Britain at the G20 in Hamburg, where he met with May, saying he “will be going to London”. Asked when, he replied: “We’ll work that out.”

May has been derided for seeking to curry favour with Trump and has come under fire for inviting him for a state visit so soon into his presidency.

Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, the smaller Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party have all called for the state visit to be cancelled, as have some from May’s own Conservative Party.

The Speaker of the House of Commons previously said he was “strongly opposed” to allowing Donald Trump to address members of parliament during the US president’s state visit later this year.

More than 160 of parliament’s 650 MPs have signed a parliamentary motion opposing an address by Trump, citing the travel ban and his comments on torture and women.

A speech to both Houses of Commons and Lords has been a feature of many previous state visits, including one by Barack Obama in 2011.

More than 1.8 million people have also signed an online petition saying Trump should not make the state visit as it “could cause embarrassment” to the monarch.</s>Donald Trump is expected to make a state visit to the UK in 2018. The government is believed to be working with the White House to agree on a date, BBC reported.

Trump had initially planned to visit the UK in June 2017, but concerns over security and mass protests forced organisers to reschedule. A possible visit in the autumn had also been mooted at one stage.

Trump had accepted an invitation from Theresa May to take part in a state visit when the prime minister visited the White House in January. However, it is thought that the controversy surrounding his visit forced Trump to reconsider.

A surprise visit around the time that Trump is in France for Bastille Day celebrations (14 July) had also been considered but has now been ruled out.

Mass protests at the G20 summit in Hamburg that also included specific references to Trump may have demonstrated to the US president the scale of contempt held by Europeans.

State visits are usually announced in the Queen's Speech and this year's failed to mention Trump, instead confirming the state visit of the Spanish royal family which takes place this week (12 - 14 July).

When a state visit eventually takes place, it would most likely involve a visit to Downing Street, Buckingham Palace and one of his Scottish golf resorts.

He clashed with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan over safety in the wake of the London terror attacks which lead to the mayor to call for the state visit to be cancelled.

Only two US presidents have been offered a state visit, George W Bush in 2003 and Barack Obama in 2011.
The Trump Administration announces this year's presidential state visit to the United Kingdom is delayed until at least 2018. Both the White House and 10 Downing Street state the two countries had been unable to agree on a 2017 date. This planned visit has drawn protests in the United Kingdom since February, and more than 1.8 million signatures on a petition to Parliament to cancel the meeting.