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The US President landed in London on Tuesday (local time) for a historic second state visit to the UK.

He is set to have lunch with Keir Starmer on Thursday at the prime ministerial retreat, just northwest of the capital, with a joint press conference pencilled in for after.

The ABC was among several international outlets cleared to cover the media event, but officials withdrew its accreditation for “logistical reasons”.

“The ABC’s London bureau is still accredited to attend Chequers; however, Downing Street Media has said it no longer has a spot at the joint press conference due to logistical reasons,” an ABC spokesperson told NewsWire.

It comes after Mr Trump berated veteran journalist John Lyons for asking about his business activities a day earlier.

The line of questioning rubbed Mr Trump up the wrong way and prompted him to accuse Lyons of “hurting Australia”.

The Trump administration later called Lyons a “foreign fake news loser”.

Despite the encounter, the ABC spokesperson said the broadcaster had “been given no indication this is connected to the questions put to President Trump by ABC Americas editor John Lyons”.

‘Hurting Australia’

Lyons asked Mr Trump “how much wealthier” he had become since being re-elected president as he was departing the White House for London.

Mr Trump said he did not know and that his kids were “running my business”.

“But most of the deals that I’ve made were made before, and that’s what I’ve done for a life – I built buildings like I’m building a building here,” he said, before going on to boast about ordering the construction of a new White House ballroom that he insisted would “knock your socks off”.

Lyons went in for another shot, asking if it was “appropriate” that “a president in office should be engaged in so much business activity”.

“Well, I’m really not,” Mr Trump replied.

“My kids are running the business.”

Mr Trump then asked Lyons where he was from, prompting the senior journalist to reveal that he was with the ABC.

“The Australians – you’re hurting Australia right now,” Mr Trump said.

“In my opinion, you are hurting Australia very much right now.

“They want to get along with me. You know your leader is coming over to see me very soon.

“I’m going to tell him about you. You set a very bad tone.”

Lyons tried to get another question in but Mr Trump shut him down by barking: “Quiet.”