How to respond to Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK | Letters

Readers air their views on news that the US president will be given the red-carpet treatment during a three-day visit from 3 June On the sam... thumbnail 1 summary
Readers air their views on news that the US president will be given the red-carpet treatment during a three-day visit from 3 June

On the same day that Trump’s state visit to the UK is announced (May under fire for allowing Trump state visit during D-day celebrations, 24 April), I see that Michael Bloomberg has stepped in to personally cover the $4.5m shortfall resulting from his country’s withdrawal from the Paris agreement. So that got me thinking… Why don’t we have a people’s state visit on exactly the same days, just for Americans we do admire and want to honour? Let’s start with Bloomberg, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (obvs), Robert Mueller, Hillary Clinton and any available Obama. Surely far better than ranks of protesters – Trump loves any crowd – would be the entire citizenry somewhere else (maybe just in earshot of the palace) for the people they really want to see?
Jonathan Myerson
London

• President Trump may be invited to address parliament. I hope not but those of us who feel this is totally inappropriate can stay away. The American people gave their view at his inauguration, attending in very sparse numbers. Peers and MPs can make their views known in the same way. I shall not be attending if there is a parliamentary address.
Sue Miller
Liberal Democrat, House of Lords

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from US news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2W73rHc

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