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Brace for more unrest fuelled by Trump's TV agenda, travel warned

Government
Gary Noakes
11 June 2025

The travel industry may have to brace for more disturbances in the US, fuelled – the UK’s former ambassador to Washington has warned – by president Donald Trump’s desire for publicity.

Just hours into his presidency Donald Trump signed two executive orders targeting “radical and wasteful” DEI programmes (Credit: Alamy Stock Photo)

Donald Trump's second term has had a destabilising effect for the Irish market (Credit: Alamy Stock Photo)

The Foreign Office this week warned British travellers to be aware of the disturbances in Los Angeles, where president Trump has sent in the National Guard to quell demonstrations – despite the city saying they were not needed – leading to dramatic scenes on TV.

Speaking at Abta’s Travel Matters seminar on Wednesday (11 June), Lord Kim Darroch – who was the UK’s ambassador to the US until 2019 – said Trump had installed TVs in every White House office and his agenda was guided by rolling news coverage.