The US Embassy in Nine Elms, south-west London.
The US Embassy in Nine Elms, south-west London.

(CNN)President Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of the new US embassy in London, ahead of a planned visit to the UK in July.

The billion-dollar embassy moved from its long-standing site in Grosvenor Square, central London, to its new home at Nine Elms, south of the city, in January.

But during a rally in Michigan on Saturday, Trump criticized the move. “We had the best site in all of London,” he told supporters, before adding that now, “We have an embassy in a lousy location.”

Trump told the rally that the previous site in Grosvenor Square was “sold for like 250 million” — but that organizers “spent all of that money, plus a lot more, to build a new embassy in a lousy location.”

The embassy's internal gardens are intended to represent the landscape of the Grand Canyon.
The embassy’s internal gardens are intended to represent the landscape of the Grand Canyon.

His comments come ahead of a planned visit to the UK on July 13, Trump’s first trip to Britain since becoming President, the White House and Downing Street announced last week.

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