By Donald Trump will skirt London almost entirely during his visit later this week in a move which looks very much planned to avoid the mass protests taking place in the capital.
The visit was announced in April and set to coincide with a trip to the NATO summit in Brussels. Though he is not being afforded the full ceremony of an official state visit for his trip - or the golden carriage he so desperately wanted - he is still going to meet the Queen.
This weekend it was announced that Trump would avoid London almost entirely during his trip, perhaps a sign the president is keen to avoid the crowd-funded helium-filled blimp of Trump as a baby which is set to fly over the London protest.
Instead the Guardian report Trump will, "attend a gala dinner at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, and the following day he will hold talks with the prime minister at her Chequers country retreat in Buckinghamshire".
Which they point out are, "both are places where protesters can be kept out of sight and earshot."
A Facebook event titled 'Protest Trump's visit' currently has over 59,000 planned attendees with a further 158,000 listed as 'interested' in the event. The scale of the protest mean that between 5,000 and 10,000 officers working overtime for the visit costing the taxpayer up to £5m.
The Times report that, "Riot vans, search dogs for firearms and explosives, helicopters, mounted officers, public order units, protest removal units and evidence-gathering units will join counterterrorism and specialist protection officers to guarantee the US president’s safety."
The Trump administration is currently facing global condemnation after their policy of separating families at the border has been compared to child abuse. Images of children held in cages have caused an extreme backlash and are likely to inspire many to come out and protest.
The Facebook event states that, "actions will be happening across the country as part of the Carnival of Resistance."
For the mass protest in London the provisional plans are:
14:00 Assemble outside the BBC building in Portland Place
March to Trafalgar Square
17:00 - 19:00 Rally in Trafalgar Square
