What do the British think about the president of the United States Donald Trump?

From a Canadian perspective, Americans bizarrely elected an international symbol of everything wrong with America to fix everything wrong with America.

Making it worse is that America's not a great nation anymore. But Trump's acting like it magically somehow was.

And whatever crazy power trip he's on isn't fixing what America needs repaired in order to be a great nation again.

Not when the results of that are this:

'Americans dream of Canada after Trump'

'The new underground railroad to Canada'

'O, Canada! More Americans Heading North'

'Fleeing for Canada is a proud American tradition'

'More U.S. citizens are seeking refuge in Canada'

America, you're now Canada's Mexico - The Boston Globe'

'Thanks to immigrants, Canada sees biggest G7 population jump'

'More Americans than Mexicans claimed refugee status in Canada'

'Moving to Canada? Americans fleeing Trump will have to get in line'

'More US citizens — yes, citizens — are seeking refuge in Canada'

'Head North: Record Number of Americans Illegally Fleeing to Canada'

'Canada's border sees surge in families, others crossing illegally from US'

'These Americans moved to Canada for political reasons. They don't regret it'

'Americans are the latest economic refugees, and they're heading to Canada'

'An alternative exists': the US citizens who vowed to flee to Canada – and did'

'Panicked Americans Trying To Flee To Canada Encounter Unexpected Roadblock'

'Canada's Problem? US Refugee Crossings "Epidemic" Amid Fear, Distrust Of Trump'

'I am a former U.S. Marine…. And I want out of here': The Americans who want to flee to Canada'

Canadians always know how bad things are in the US by how many of them come up here to wait it out.

Right now, we're seeing the biggest influx of American citizens immigrating to Canada since the Vietnam War.

So to us, that's clear proof that their President just isn't doing the job they hired him for.

Because Trump's supposed to be making America great again, not making more great Canadians by failing to.

He is a narcissist and it seems that Americans didn't know what they were getting..... he is not welcome in many countries especially in those that have experienced his 'business dealings' like Scotland and Ireland and this was long before deciding to stand for election in the USA , with just a little research Americans could have seen exactly what they were getting and stopped him.

Scotland: He was busy making promises to increase employment, improve tourism in order to get property and planning permission...none of which he has done instead he has tried to ban locals, blocking off centuries old footpaths, cut off water and electric, built walls and ditches in front of peoples homes because they refused to sell to him at knock down prices to stop their views and in "areas of outstanding beauty", breaking planning laws and when he doesn't get what he wants he sues local councils ( and loses) he is certainly not welcome there and will not get welcomed in the rest of the UK in fact there is likely to be mass protests against him of which he has zero control of and British tax payers do not need to be paying to 'protect' him, nor does the UK Government need to be seen by him as 'supportive' of his very clear mental health issues

Consider the following four items of news:

1. In the UK, we have an official online petition web site where any petition that gets enough e-signatures will be considered for debate in Parliament. A petition went up during the presidential election campaign demanding that Trump be banned from the country on grounds of encouraging religious hatred. It got enough e-signatures and was duly debated in Westminster Hall. Actually banning him would cause huge problems with what is supposed to be a friendly country (and Parliament won't do that anyway - it's an executive decision for the Home Secretary to make, not a legislative decision), but just to say it has been seriously considered.

2. He has been very keen on making a state visit to the UK and enjoying all the pomp and ceremony that goes with it, official welcome and inspecting troops with the Queen, state banquet at Buckingham Palace yada yada yada. (A horse-drawn coach ride to the Palace is also on offer but the Secret Service never allows that and always insists that the POTUS uses his own armoured car. Shame - there's no real danger in London, especially with our strict gun laws.) An invitation has been made. And state visits by US Presidents to the UK are very commonplace - all presidents in recent years have done it at least once during their term to show our friendship.

They usually go like clockwork, and as it's the UK and the US, often include more informal events also taking place during the visit. Obama and Cameron hosted a barbecue together for military families on the Downing Street lawn. When Reagan came over, someone had the bright thought that he and the Queen are both horse-mad (Her Majesty is one of the most knowledgeable horse breeders in the country and there's nothing she loves more than a day at the races). Can they go riding together? Think of the photo-opportunity! Sure, we can do that - off they went to Windsor Castle where she has stables, she lent him a horse, they did it and it looked great in the press photos.

However, 9 months into the Trump presidency, there is still no sign whatsoever of a date being set. It is being rumoured that he's scared of what the public reception might be - protests on the streets, perhaps, as greeted the President of China over China's poor human rights record. Will it never happen at all or will it be more low-key, not a full state visit?

3. One of Trump's first acts was to ban all visitors to the US from certain Muslim countries. This immediately hit Sir Mo Farah, our champion long distance runner who trains in the US, because he is a British/Somali dual citizen, and Somalia is one of those countries. He said this on Facebook:

"On 1st January this year, Her Majesty The Queen made me a Knight of the Realm. On 27th January, President Donald Trump seems to have made me an alien.

I am a British citizen who has lived in America for the past six years - working hard, contributing to society, paying my taxes and bringing up our four children in the place they now call home. Now, me and many others like me are being told that we may not be welcome. It’s deeply troubling that I will have to tell my children that Daddy might not be able to come home - to explain why the President has introduced a policy that comes from a place of ignorance and prejudice.

I was welcomed into Britain from Somalia at eight years old and given the chance to succeed and realise my dreams. I have been proud to represent my country, win medals for the British people and receive the greatest honour of a knighthood. My story is an example of what can happen when you follow polices of compassion and understanding, not hate and isolation."

When you make one of our Olympic heroes have to say that, something is seriously wrong. Trump immediately had to backtrack and say that the ban doesn't apply to British dual citizens. Any politician with any idea of diplomacy would have taken note of advice on possible repercussions. I can't believe that the State Department would have advised that this is a sensible policy, at least not in the way it was originally ordered. But Trump thinks he knows better.

4. What on earth is Trump doing in relation to North Korea? He's deliberately provoking it into starting a war. Someone needs to tell him "don't feed the troll". Because that's what it is - a real world troll that wants attention. It should be blindingly obvious to anyone (well, it is to me) that its government is a bully that likes to talk big whether or not it can actually follow through on its threats. It needs to be like that to look good to its own people. Not that any of them actually believe what their government says, but the country is such a dictatorship that they dare not do anything about it.

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (our State Department), after centuries of experience, knows that the best response to this is no response at all. This often infuriates politicians who naturally feel the urge to do something. But in diplomacy, the "do nothing" option is so often the best one. Could someone PLEASE teach that to Trump?

General opinion is we think he's nuts. Why can't your presidential election process actually throw up someone sensible for a change? We tend to get on better with Democrats because that's just how our politics generally are. It's probably true to say that our Conservative Party is more similar to the Democrats. But surely in a country that big, you must have some reasonable Republicans as well?

She called him a moron.

Trump initially wanted a state visit to the UK, until he heard there were going to be protests, then he changed his mind and has avoided the UK ever since.

Before the election he was developing a golf course in Scotland, he tried to get a wind farm closed down because it spoiled his view. Didn't go down well.

Probably negative since the only thing they know is what the media tells them and the media is about 95% negative.

I don't live in the U.S but in my city, everybody sees Trump as a clown. Lol I remember one party where the put Trumps head on a pinata and started hitting it so damn hard with a baseball bat.