Trump establish callings idea to be one of The US’s oldest allies in a fiery tweet

President
Donald Trump speaks to Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May at
the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, May 25,
2017.
Reuters/Thierry
Charlier

• Trump launched an unparalleled attack on British Prime
  Minister Theresa May on Tuesday evening after she criticised his
  retweets of anti-Muslim movies.
• The US president had shared movies from the extremist
  a ways-valid neighborhood Britain First, to smartly-liked outrage.
• « Don’t focal level on me, focal level on the negative Radical
  Islamic Terrorism that is taking impart within the United
  Kingdom, » Trump tweeted at Theresa May.

Donald Trump launched an unparalleled attack on British Prime
Minister Theresa May on Tuesday after she criticised him, extra
fueling the firestorm triggered by his early-morning retweets of
extremist anti-Muslim movies.

Earlier in the day, the US president had retweeted inflammatory
abhor movies posted by a dawdle-setter of Britain First, an
ultra-nationalist a ways-valid neighborhood that peddles anti-Muslim
conspiracy theories. The flicks, intending to depict Muslims in a
atrocious light, contain been given clickbait titles. (The White Condo press
secretary
refused to acknowledge whether the movies contain been legitimate.)

Following outrage all the diagram thru the political spectrum in Britain, a
spokesperson for Theresa May condemned Trump’s tweets on
Wednesday in what became as soon as a rare criticism of an American president
by a British high minister.

« Britain First seeks to divide communities by their exhaust of
hateful narratives that peddle lies and stoke tensions, » they
acknowledged. « British other folks overwhelmingly reject the prejudiced
rhetoric of the a ways valid which is the antithesis of the values
this country represents, decency, tolerance and appreciate. »

However somewhat than disavowing the a ways-valid tweets, Trump fired wait on
with an unparalleled attack on the British Prime Minister,
tweeting: « Theresa @theresamay, procedure now not focal level on me, focal level on
the negative Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking impart
within the United Kingdom. We are doing valid beautiful! » 

(Trump’s tweet linked to a varied Twitter particular person, in desire to
May’s true address: « @theresa_may. » The tweet became as soon as later
deleted. Nineteen minutes later, Trump tweeted all over again, this time with
May’s appropriate address.)

Trump’s retweeting of the Britain First chief became as soon as universally
condemned by British leaders, including Sajid Javid, a cabinet
minister of Muslim heritage: « So POTUS has endorsed the views of
a vile, abhor-filled racist group that hates me and other folks
admire me. He is horrid and I refuse to let it dawdle and lisp nothing. »

Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn known as the tweets « abhorrent,
harmful and a threat to our society. »

Donald Trump has attacked British political leaders over Islam
earlier than. In the aftermath of the London Bridge dismay attack in
June 2017,
he known as London mayor Sadiq Khan’s response
« pathetic. » 

Khan
has criticised Trump over anti-Muslim retweets, asserting
« Britain first is a vile, abhor-fuelled organisation whose views
must be condemned, now not amplified. »

Jayda Fransen, who posted the movies,
has previously been found responsible of religiously worrying
harassment after shouting at a Muslim lady
carrying a hijab, and has now not too long ago been charged with inciting
religious hatred.