Petition to cancel ‘Putin’s puppet’ Trump’s visit to UK nears 185,000

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‘Ukraine is not for sale’ – hundreds of protesters shouted outside the US Embassy in Nine Elms, London.

A crowd gathered to call for the cancellation of Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK, offered by Sir Keir Starmer when he met with Trump in the White House last week.

More than 100,000 people have already signed a petition, launched by the Stop Trump Coalition. And another petition set up by 38Degrees nears 185,000.

Zoe Gardner, one of the organisers, threatened much larger, mass protests in the capital if the visit goes ahead.

‘We should not be rewarding him with a visit to London and a dinner with the King,’ she told Metro.

‘If the visit does go ahead,we will organise much bigger mass protests. He has chosen his side. Sadly, he has chosen Putin’s side. And we need to wake up and recognize that that’s the case, that he is not our ally.

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‘And if he is not our ally, then we should not be honouring him in this way with a dinner with the King and a state visit.’

John McDonnell MP was the first to take the microphone at the entrance of the Nine Elms building.

He condemned Trump for the way he treated Volodymyr Zelensky and for withdrawing military support for the war-torn nation.

One issue that protesters here have been clear on – the use of the seized Russian assets in Europe to fund Ukraine’s defence in the absence of US military aid.

‘Try negotiating while being shot at,’ one placard read.

Protesters have held handmade signs to show support for Ukraine (Picture: Gergana Krasteva)

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Another said: ‘Down with Russian and US imperialism. End all occupations. Look back. Solidarity with all oppressed people.’

Signs reading ‘Kick out the Kremlin loving Klown’ and ‘Trump-Putin what an ugly cowardly team’ also waved above the crowd.

Protesters chanted ‘shame’ before one speaker bashed Trump’s policies as ‘gangster capitalism’, drawing attention to his plans to take over Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal.

Any respect for the authority of the White House seemed to have changed among Ukrainians with the change of leadership.

During Trump’s most recent state visit to the UK in June 2019, he was met by tens of thousands of protesters.

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People during a demonstration outside the US embassy in London in support of Ukraine. The demonstration has been organised by the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, Ukrainian organisations and John McDonnell MP. Picture date: Wednesday March 5, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Ukraine. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire
Some signs were especially witty (Picture: PA)

Armorer Wason told Metro: ‘The thing I feel most strongly about is that Trump is asking Zelensky to thank America.

‘Trump should be on his knees, thanking Zelensky for holding the line against Putin’s Russia, making so much sacrifice in Ukraine, which is helping all of Europe and even America.’

Tanya, a Ukrainian woman whose husband is on the frontline in Pokrovsk, told Metro: ‘It is very difficult to be here. This has broken my heart.

‘Every time I check the news, I see that I can lose my country and the future of my children within minutes.

‘I don’t have any illusions about the Trump administration. Putin was best friends with him before, and in every speech, Putin says Trump is great.’

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