US president Donald Trump has slammed the new US embassy in London as a “bad deal” after cancelling a planned trip to openrnthe building next month.rnPhiladelphia-based Kieran Timberlake designed the scheme - which Trump said cost $1.2bn, even more than previously thought.rnIt was funded by the sale of the Eero Saarinen-designed former embassy in Grosvenor Square in Mayfair.rnBD revealed last month that embassy officials were confident the US president would be on hand to cut the ribbon at the newrnembassy in Nine Elms, into which all 800 staff are set to move over the coming days.rnIt was understood Trump would “most probably” be there for the opening date, or at a date around that time.
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