President Trump to visit USVI next week, has PM May snubbed the VI?
They include: the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), a satellite of the United States of America; St. Martin, a dependence of the France Republic and the Virgin Islands (VI), a crown dependency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
To show support after the historic Hurricanes, their major country Presidents made a visit.
Presidential visits to St. Martin; up next St. Thomas
For example, about a week after Hurricane Irma destroyed St. Martin a French country earlier this month, France President Emmanuel Jean-Michel F. Macron visited the island.
In addition, President Donald J. Trump of the USA will visit the U.S. Virgin Islands “within the next six or seven days,” Governor Kenneth E. Mapp said during a press conference at Government House this week. Mr. Mapp said he had a conversation with the president and Mr. Trump expressed his full support for the territory in providing disaster relief, following the calamitous state Hurricane Irma left St. Thomas and St. John in.
Mr. Trump wants “to see firsthand the damages of the territory, and to get on-ground reports of the federal operation, to ensure that the people of the US Virgin Islands are receiving recovery as fast as humanly possible, and that the assets of the federal government were being appropriately deployed,” the governor said.
Mr. Trump said he loves the U.S. Virgin Islands, Mr. Mapp added according to VI Consortium. According to our newsroom sources in Washington D.C, President Trump will visit St. Thomas, USVI next week for a few hours.
No Mrs. May visit to VI- Snubbed?
Meanwhile, there will be no visit from Britain’s Theresa M. May the Prime Minister to the VI (Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Jost van Dyke) where there were unpresented destruction, homelessness, looting and panic following Hurricane Irma that hit the British Overseas Territory on September 6, 2017.
It remains unclear, if this is just a scheduling conflict or the VI was snubbed, as Mrs. May has not done like her counterparts Presidents Macron or Trump.
The UK Foreign Secretary, Hon. A. Boris Johnson made a brief visit and spent less that two hours on the ground according to the BBC, however the French President overnight in St. Martin. In addition, the UK’s Secretary of State for International Development, Hon Priti S. Patel MP also paid a brief visit where she came in late one night and left by noon the next day.
Relationship with UK
Two National Democratic Party (NDP) Politicians Hon Mark H. Vanpterpool (R4), the Minister for Communications and Works and Minister for Education and Culture, Hon Myron V. Walwyn (AL) have been calling for Independence from Britain.
However, their calls have gained little or no support from the public or the masses and it’s left to be seen if the public position has changed following Hurricane Irma, or the negative perception of the ruling Government.
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21 Responses to “President Trump to visit USVI next week, has PM May snubbed the VI?”
But they did not!!!! the presidents came themselves...it says allot
I think the British have done more to help than the bvi than any other country in the Caribbean. Great Britain thank you for your support!
Who did more photo opps that the British soldiers, Mr. Johnson and Ms. Priti?
What about Mr. Johnson lying about food aid was on his plane when there were ZERO????
As for VINO that is another story!
him. PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING WHILE HE GOLF.
Not to talk about the politics of the food distributions. Stop trying to cover up the real situation, people are hurting real bad in the BVI