{"id":58449,"date":"2017-11-30T20:15:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T01:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/bbc-question-time-government-minister-sam-gyimah-deeply-uncomfortable-with-donald-trump-state-visit\/"},"modified":"2017-11-30T20:15:36","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T01:15:36","slug":"bbc-question-time-government-minister-sam-gyimah-deeply-uncomfortable-with-donald-trump-state-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/bbc-question-time-government-minister-sam-gyimah-deeply-uncomfortable-with-donald-trump-state-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Question Time: Government Minister Sam Gyimah &#8216;Deeply Uncomfortable&#8217; With Donald Trump State Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>BBC Question Time: Government Minister Sam Gyimah &#8216;Deeply Uncomfortable&#8217; With Donald Trump State Visit<\/b><br \/>\nA Government minster has said he would be \u201cdeeply uncomfortable\u201d about a Donald Trump state visit amid reports a \u2018working visit\u2019 by the US President had been dropped.<\/p>\n<p>On BBC\u2019s Question Time, Justice Minister Sam Gyimah said the US President would be \u201cdivisive at a time when we are trying to unite our country\u201d, making him the first Tory frontbencher to make clear opposition to Trump\u2019s proposed trip.<\/p>\n<p>His comments came as the Daily Telegraph reported\u00a0US diplomats have ditched plans for Trump to conduct a visit in January.<\/p>\n<p>The idea was for Trump to formally open America\u2019s new London embassy in a scaled-down visit that would have meant no meeting with the Queen.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018special relationship\u2019 between the two countries is under strain\u00a0after the president hit back at the PM, who criticised him for retweeting propaganda from far-right extremist group Britain First.<\/p>\n<p>In the House of Commons on Thursday, MPs from across the political spectrum\u00a0 urged Theresa May to rescind the UK\u2019s invitation.<\/p>\n<p>Labour MP Stephen Doughty accused Trump of being \u201cracist, incompetent, unthinking, or all three\u201d and, on the Conservative benches, Reddich MP Rachel Maclean said MPs were \u201call disgusted\u201d by Trump\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<p>But Gyimah\u2019s comments appeared to up the ante considering his position in May\u2019s Government.<\/p>\n<p>He said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Donald Trump did recently, I think has definitely crossed a line.\u00a0And it takes great bravery to stand up to your enemies.\u00a0It takes even more bravery to stand up to your friends. \u201cAnd I think Theresa May was right to rebuke him on Twitter for his comments,\u00a0in his retweets of Britain First.\u00a0We are a tolerant and decent country.\u00a0We are open.\u00a0And I think it\u2019s right that she did that. \u201cIn terms of whether or not Donald Trump comes to this country,\u00a0I am personally deeply uncomfortable about it.\u00a0I am deeply uncomfortable because he is deliberately divisive,\u00a0and this would be divisive at a time that we are trying to unite our country. \u201cThe invitation has been sent,\u00a0it has been accepted.\u00a0It\u2019s above my pay grade in terms of what happens next,\u00a0but I think I am deeply uncomfortable about it.\u201d<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/sam-gyimah-trump-visit_uk_5a208deae4b0a02abe8feb0b\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/sam-gyimah-trump-visit_uk_5a208deae4b0a02abe8feb0b<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Question Time: Government Minister Sam Gyimah &#8216;Deeply Uncomfortable&#8217; With Donald Trump State Visit A Government minster has said he would be \u201cdeeply uncomfortable\u201d about a Donald Trump state visit amid reports a \u2018working visit\u2019 by the US President had been dropped. 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