White House denies Trump raised fears with May about state visit protests

His comments - effectively putting the visit on hold - were said to have been made in a telephone call in "recent weeks".

The White House has denied reports that Donald Trump told Theresa May he does not want to go ahead with his controversial state visit to the UK if it is going to lead to large-scale demonstrations.

The Guardian reported that the US president said he wanted to be sure he had the support of the British public before coming to the country.