US President Donald Trump canceled a visit to London scheduled for early this year, saying he was disappointed with the “Obama administration having sold” the U.S. embassy in the British capital. However, the embassy website showed that the decision to move the location was taken months before Barack Obama took office in January 2009. The U.S. Embassy & Consulates in the UK said in October 2008 the embassy would be relocated for security reasons. The Daily Mail earlier reported the cancellation of Trump’s UK visit in which he was expected to inaugurate the new embassy. The one billion-dollar-edifice, overlooking the River Thames, was wholly funded by the sale of other properties in London.

Source: Punch January 12, 2018 09:40 UTC