BRITAIN must build links with many countries rather than kowtow to the United States, Jeremy Corbyn said today, as Donald Trump was mired in yet more controversy.

The Labour leader criticised the US president for his “endless offensive remarks” about women, foreigners and followers of different religions as well as his attacks on bodies such as the United Nations and its cultural agency Unesco.

When asked on ITV’s Peston on Sunday programme if Britain’s relationship with the US was the most important, Mr Corbyn said: “No: I think there are many important relationships.

“The US one is obviously culturally and economically significant and important.

“Also the trading relationships we have around the world with, obviously, the EU, but also with India and China and the rest of the world are very important.

“Also our relationship with international institutions such as the United Nations is very important.”

Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry called Mr Trump “a danger” and “a racist” on BBC One’s Andrew Marr Show after he branded African countries, Haiti and El Salvador as “shitholes” during a meeting about protections for immigrants in the US.

Prime Minister Theresa May was wrong to “prematurely give him a state visit,” Ms Thornberry said.

Mr Trump said last week that he was cancelling a visit to open the new US embassy in London, saying the new building was a “bad deal.” Commentators have suggested he cancelled because he felt he had “not been shown enough love” by the British government.

Stand Up to Racism co-convener Weyman Bennett said: “The world has rightly united in opposition to Trump’s racist outburst. We will not allow him to normalise this behaviour.”

The group has organised a protest outside the US embassy on Saturday from 2pm to mark the first year of Trump’s presidency.

Mr Trump reiterated today that he would withdraw the US from the Paris climate change agreement, which proposes modest measures to curb catastrophic global warming.

He has rejected decades of climate science and has said he believes climate change is a “Chinese hoax.”

Greenpeace UK’s executive director John Sauven said: “Some politicians come to their senses when they start worrying about their legacy.

“For Trump it’s already too late. The world will move on without him.”