Donald Trump and the then Prince Charles during the president's last state visit in 2019.MPs and peers have launched a bid to stop Donald Trump from addressing parliament when he visits the UK.They say the US president’s attitude toward Britain, Nato, Ukraine and parliamentary democracy means he should not be given the honour. Trump is set to come to the UK in September after King Charles invited him for an unprecedented second state visit.Keir Starmer personally handed over the King’s invitation letter to Trump when he visited the White House in February.Barack Obama addressed both houses of parliament when he had his own state visit in 2011.But the speakers of both the Commons and the Lords are being urged to follow the example of John Bercow, who blocked Trump from addressing parliament during his first state visit in 2019.<
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