Only days after President Trump reopened the White House to visitors, British and other foreign tourists in Washington have been told they are not welcome in Pennsylvania Avenue.
The White House opened to tours for the first time since the inauguration this week but foreign visitors were told to contact their embassies in Washington to apply for a visit.
But several foreign embassies have said they have been told by the State Department that non-US individuals are not allowed around the presidential residency.
Unlike Trump’s travel ban on six predominantly Muslim countries, the nations whose citizens are not allowed in the White House include Britain, Australia, Canada and Denmark.
The Danish Embassy said: ‘Although the White House’s website directs foreign nationals to contact their embassy to arrange a tour, we have been instructed by the US Department of State that such tours are not possible at the present time.
‘We will of course update this website as soon as the Department of State enables us to arrange tours of the White House again.’
Source: Foreign tourists are not welcome on White House tours | Daily Mail Online
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