US
presidential candidate, Donald Trump, has threatened to remove his investments
in the UK if the British don't want him there following a petition signed last
month by over 600k people asking the UK government to ban him from entering the
country over comments he made about Muslims, now described as a hate speech.
Because of the number of signatures, the petition will officially be debated in
the House of Commons on Jan. 18th.
Trump Organization responded yesterday by saying that if the billionaire businessman
is denied entry into the UK, they will cancel $1 billion in planned investments
in two golf courses they own in Scotland.
"Blocking
Trump from the country would force The Trump Organization to immediately end
these and all future investments we are currently contemplating in the United
Kingdom," Trump Organization lawyer said in a statement to Fox News.
This is
not the first time the UK will ban famous Americans. Rapper Tyler the Creator,
anti-Islam activist Pamela Geller and radio host Michael Savage have all been
denied entry into the UK over comments they made. But with Trump, UK Prime
Minister, David Cameron says even though he does not support what Trump said,
he also doesn't support him being banned from the country .
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