Everyone’s laughing at Donald Trump’s excuse not to visit the UK – our favourite responses
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What have we learned this morning?
1. The embassy was not sold, because the US didn't own it.
2. The decision to move was taken before Obama took office.
3. The chump in the White House is even less well-informed than we previously thought. https://t.co/HB1n1LGmQ6— Michael Moran (@TheMichaelMoran) January 12, 2018
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So you’re protesting your own country’s actions by not visiting another country. That makes perfect sense and doesn’t seem at all like an excuse to avoid the MASSIVE protests we Brits had planned. Sad!
— Abbie Watches Stuff (@PamSandwiches) January 12, 2018
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For years the Americans tried to buy the freehold of the Grosvenor Square, but successive dukes refused. The Westminsters said only one thing would make them sell, the return of their lands in America confiscated during the war of independence. The US government declined.
— Ned Donovan (@Ned_Donovan) January 12, 2018
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I’ve fixed that for you. You’re welcome. pic.twitter.com/3A80OzgG6F
— Nick Harvey (@mrnickharvey) January 12, 2018
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IT WAS THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION THAT SOLD THE BUILDING, NOT THE OBAMA. That was yet another LIE from you. Also, no one in the UK wanted you to come.
— BJF PR (@judith_fisher) January 12, 2018
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Reason I canceled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London for “peanuts,” only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars. Bad deal. Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO! pic.twitter.com/z96OkqPK0F
— Mnrrnt & 112 others (@Mnrrnt) January 12, 2018
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Trump has attacked Battersea – this just got personal… https://t.co/QF4l4lpz2x
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) January 12, 2018
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It’s nothing to do with Obama. The move to the new site was announced in 2008, months before his administration started. Think up another excuse, the dog ate your plane tickets perhaps?
— HappyToast ★ (@IamHappyToast) January 12, 2018
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https://twitter.com/RufusHound/status/951740481230311425
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Sale of US Embassy in London announced in October 2008. Obama takes office in January 2009. Donald Trump announces cancellation of trip to open new Embassy in London in January 2018 because of decision made by George W Bush. YES! https://t.co/sL6kazRJEY
— Andrew Collins (@AndrewCollins) January 12, 2018
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