Poll: 74% want Trump's state visit to go ahead

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For all the MPs and media outlets jumping on the anti-Trump bandwagon, maybe it’s time to think again – because most people actually want his state visit to go ahead.

That’s according to an LBC poll that showed 74% want the US President on British shores.

Are you for or against a Trump state visit in 2018? — LBC (@LBC) December 1, 2017

Out of 28,227 voters, just 26% said ‘No, keep him away’. So when MPs like Labour’s Yvette Cooper stand up and say the visit should be cancelled, it shows just how out of touch with normal people they really are.

Jacob Rees-Mogg hit the nail on the head:

"Mr Trump is the leader of our closest ally…it is overwhelmingly in the British interest to have a relationship with the leader of the free world, whoever the president happens to be" @Jacob_Rees_Mogg on Trump state visit #marr pic.twitter.com/aSuhkUio8Q — The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) December 3, 2017

Of course Trump retweeting Britain First is absolutely horrendous and he’s been rightly criticised, but you may recall world leaders from what David Cameron called ‘fantastically corrupt’ countries visiting Britain quite often?

Here’s what Nigel Farage had to say about it today on the Andrew Marr show:

.@Nigel_Farage says the "liberal outrage" on cancelling Donald Trump's state visit because of his retweets of Britain First is "ridiculous" #marr pic.twitter.com/R28fmz9Ha1 — The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) December 3, 2017

Trump’s America is going to be a valuable trade partner post-Brexit and the weight of public opinion is in favour of him coming to Britain – the state visit should not be cancelled.