News·Posted on 12 Jan 2018Literally Just A Bunch Of Funny Reactions To Donald Trump Cancelling His Visit To London"Embarrassing. As Brits know, the US doesn’t own the embassy. It leases it from the Marquess of Toadsbury at the cost of one eel pudding a year."by Rose Troup BuchananBuzzFeed News ReporterLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail The president of the United States tweeted on Friday that he would not be coming on a planned visit to the UK next month. Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Reason I canceled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the… https://t.co/9crSrOBXme 04:57 AM - 12 Jan 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Donald Trump said he cancelled the trip because of a decision by Barack Obama to relocate the US embassy, even though it was actually the Bush administration that approved the move. His tweet came four days before the new embassy is due to open, and amid increasing hostility towards the president's visit. As the news filtered through, people reacted in a time-honoured fashion*. Philip Coggan @econbuttonwood Royal family reacts to news that Trump has cancelled UK visit 11:26 PM - 11 Jan 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite *They may have taken the piss. J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling 🐔 https://t.co/eGSX5kaalc 08:40 AM - 12 Jan 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Many explained why they had also cancelled their trips to London for various ~reasons~. Sarah Crossan @SarahCrossan Reason I cancelled my trip to London is that I’m not a fan of bus replacement services and I paid £14.10 for my tra… https://t.co/M7C5RYLM86 10:00 AM - 12 Jan 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Greg James @gregjames Reason I cancelled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of my parents having sold my old cricket gear for “… https://t.co/YsnvGY9feM 09:39 AM - 12 Jan 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite john sturgis @sturgios Reason I canceled my trip to Asda Southgate is that I am not a big fan of the store manager having stopped perhaps… https://t.co/LrvVaH9Uqh 08:26 AM - 12 Jan 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff Reason I canceled my trip to London is that John Cleese did not participate in the 1974 season of Monty Python's Fl… https://t.co/Tpupw6yWma 12:18 PM - 12 Jan 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite #ICancelledMyTripToLondon started trending. Rachel Delahaye Lefever @RachelDelahaye #ICancelledMyTripToLondon because my advisers - great advisers, the best - sang me that London's burning, and they'… https://t.co/nklfJ0cqjT 11:29 AM - 12 Jan 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Batch_STFC @batch_2001 #ICancelledMyTripToLondon because this happened 12:04 PM - 12 Jan 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Pauline Kam @pauline_kam #ICancelledMyTripToLondon because Hadrian hasn't finished building that wall. Shoddy. 11:13 AM - 12 Jan 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite And as the day progressed, things got Quite British. Richard V. Hirst @vivmondo Embarrassing. As Brits know, the US doesn’t own the embassy. It leases it from the Marquess of Toadsbury at the cos… https://t.co/8hOcaPE9EQ 10:01 AM - 12 Jan 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Of course, the location of the new embassy (in Battersea, south of the River Thames) prompted the typical North London versus South London divisions. Sathnam Sanghera @Sathnam Finally he says something sane. South London def = off location https://t.co/RosZgKhKCS 08:10 AM - 12 Jan 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Aisha S Gani @aishagani Never been prouder of south London’s reputation 07:39 AM - 12 Jan 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Trump did eventually make it to the embassy, kind of. Tom Rayner @RaynerSkyNews So this is weird... look what was just unveiled outside the new US embassy in Nine Elms 11:43 AM - 12 Jan 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Just to be crystal clear this was a PR stunt by Madame Tussauds. But ultimately, we all knew who was the real loser. Julian Shea @juliansheasport @IanDunt It's the real fans I feel sorry for #Trump #TrumpVisit 09:04 AM - 12 Jan 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Donald Trump Has Cancelled His February Visit To London