Climate activists spray paint the US embassy in London after Trump’s election victory By Reuters
British police arrested two men after environmental activists sprayed orange paint on part of the US embassy in south London on Wednesday to protest Donald Trump’s presidential election victory.
Two Just Stop Oil campaigners sprayed the wall of the embassy with orange paint, a video posted by the group on X showed.
“Trump’s win puts the lives of ordinary people at risk, everywhere,” Just Stop Oil said.
London Metropolitan Police have arrested two men, aged 25 and 72, on suspicion of criminal damage, the force said.
“This is vandalism and it is considered a protest and we will continue to have zero tolerance for acts like this,” said Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner Andy Valentine in a statement.
Just Stop Oil activists staged several high-profile protests in Britain including disrupting sporting and theater events and throwing soup at Van Gogh paintings.
The US Embassy moved to a 12-storey building on the south bank of the River Thames, leaving its Grosvenor Square location, in 2018.
Embassy representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
