A PETITION to rescind the King’s invitation to Donald Trump to attend an unprecedented second state visit to the UK has garnered tens of thousands of signatures in less than 24 hours.
The petition’s author said signing up would show “how unwelcome the US president truly is”.
Keir Starmer handed Trump an invitation from the King to come to one of his Scottish properties at a future date.
It has sparked outrage, with the Scottish Greens predicting the event will be marked by “protests and a great deal of anger”.
The 38 Degrees petition said: “This is the same Donald Trump that in recent weeks has buddied up with Putin, cranked up tariffs on trade and slashed aid across the world.
“Meanwhile his best buddy Elon Musk has been sticking his oar into UK politics and spreading lies on social media.”
Musk (above), who has fired vitriol at Starmer on social media over the response to far-right riots in England last summer, was absent from the Prime Minister’s meeting with Trump on Thursday.
The petition added: “The news has only just broken and it’s already causing a stink. No date for the visit is set yet – so if we’re going to have any chance of stopping this happening, we need to act right now.
“A huge petition signed by hundreds of thousands of us will show Trump, the King and the PM how unwelcome the US president truly is. It’s the first step in stopping this terrible idea.”
The petition has seen a spike in interest since Trump met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House on Friday evening.
Trump and his second-in-command JD Vance "bullied" the Ukrainian leader, cutting the meeting short and sparking international outrage.
In 2017, a separate petition looking to block Trump's state visit to the UK garnered 1.8 million signatures and was debated in parliament.
