FOREIGN POLICY/PROTESTS/UK: “British lawmakers on Monday debated a call to block President Donald Trump from a state visit, putting Prime Minister Theresa May in an uncomfortable position as she seeks to strengthen ties with the new U.S. administration.
The nonbinding debate came in response to a petition signed by 1.8 million people calling for Mr. Trump’s state visit to be canceled and another with more than 300,000 signatures calling for it to go on.”
–Jenny Gross, “U.K. Lawmakers Debate Condemnation of Trump’s State Visit,” The Wall Street Journal online, Feb. 20, 2017