WELCOMING Donald Trump risks normalising fascism, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was warned as the US president landed in Britain for his second state visit.

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and its Commons leader Liz Saville-Roberts said: “The violence and hatred over the weekend should give us pause before celebrating Donald Trump’s state visit.

“Public discourse has plunged into dangerous extremes, and Trump has played a key role in emboldening some of the most dangerous voices both in the US and here in the UK.”

The Plaid leaders also slated Mr Trump’s tariff policies as damaging to Welsh jobs and urged Mr Starmer to stand up to the US president over the future of Gaza.

“The so-called ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan would displace more Palestinians and erase their communities, exacerbating the genocide. The Prime Minister must make clear that the UK objects to any plan that forces the displacement of more Palestinians,” they said.

Scottish Green co-leader Ross Greer added his voice to the warnings, pointing out that “Donald Trump is a convicted criminal and the world’s most infamous sexual abuser.

“With the Trumpification of our politics and the radical right feeling more empowered than ever, I urge the Prime Minister and his colleagues to think of how the inevitable photos of them grinning alongside Trump will look when the history books are written,” Mr Greer added.

Mr Trump is due to be banqueted at Windsor Castle by King Charles, an event Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has already said he will skip in protest at US support for the Gaza genocide.

He will also hold talks with Sir Keir at Chequers, but will not risk going anywhere near London, where a mass protest against his visit is to be held tomorrow.