Story highlights US President says he won't visit London for ribbon-cutting of new embassyTrump cites disapproval with embassy deal, but he would have faced considerable protests(CNN) US President Donald Trump won't be paying a visit to London to open his country's billion-dollar embassy, he tweeted Thursday. The trip, which would have been Trump's first to the UK as president, had not been officially announced but was expected next month. In the tweet, Trump blames his predecessor, former president Barack Obama, for the decision to sell the existing embassy, which he describes as "the best located and finest" in the city, for "'peanuts.'" — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2018The decision to move the embassy from Grosvenor Square to Nine Elms was made in 2008 under George W. Bush, not Obama. The new US Embassy in south-west London, on December 18, 2017.

Source: CNN January 12, 2018 06:28 UTC