Almost half of Britons want Trump state visit cancelled

Poll shows anger at US president over stance on Ukraine

- ARCHIE MITCHELL

Almost half of Britons think Donald Trump’s second state visit should be cancelled after his White House clash with Volodymyr Zelensky, a poll has shown. Some 42 per cent of voters said the historic second invitation to Mr Trump should be withdrawn amid growing outrage at the US administration’s increasingly critical stance towards Ukraine.

Sir Keir Starmer has faced pressure from across the political spectrum to withdraw the invitation, which he hand-delivered to Mr Trump just a day before his Oval Office shouting match with Mr Zelensky. That is only likely to increase since Mr Trump’s decision to suspend military aid to Ukraine. While two in five people said the invitation should be withdrawn, an overall majority (51 per cent) said it should not have been extended in the first place.