Instant Alert: Step inside the $1 billion US embassy in London — which Trump says is worse than the old one and refuses to visit

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   Step inside the $1 billion US embassy in London — which Trump says is worse than the old one and refuses to visit by Daniel Brown and Alexandra Ma on Jan 12, 2018, 4:50 AM Advertisement President Donald Trump has cancelled his planned trip to Britain, where he was due to open the new US embassy. In a tweet on Thursday, Trump claimed that the Obama administration had sold the former US embassy "for 'peanuts,' only to build a new one in an off location." The decision to sell the old embassy was actually taken during the George W Bush administration and reportedly driven by security concerns. The new 12-story glass embassy, which is scheduled to open on January 16, cost $1 billion (£730 million) — making it the most expensive embassy ever built. Take a look inside: SEE ALSO: We took a rare tour of one of the US Navy's most dangerous warships — nicknamed the 'Sledgehammer of Freedom' This is the US new embassy in London, which cost $1 billion and will open on January 16. Located on Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall, it overlooks the River Thames — what Trump called "an off location." The old US embassy, located in the ritzy neighbourhood of Mayfair, opened in 1960 and embodies a brutalist architectural design. Trump called this "perhaps the best located and finest embassy." But the new embassy is a 12-story glass cube without visible walls, which the designer, James Timberlake, said he wanted to exude "transparency, openness, equality." Source: CBS, Washington Post See the rest of the story at Business Insider   Share the latest business news with your network:    Email sent to: nguyenvu1187.love5@blogger.com   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011