The US President retweeted three anti-islamic videos posted by the Britain first deputy leader Jayda Fransen. Ms Fransen’s Twitter followers have increased to nearly 25,000 since Trump’s retweets. The footage he retweeted was unverified and claimed to show Muslims committing crimes.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd responded by saying the government is taking the issue of extremist behaviour “extremely seriously”. She reiterated Downing street’s condemnation of the tweets saying that the US President was “wrong” to share the videos.

‘betrayal of the special relationship’

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, also attacked the US President saying that the posts were a “betrayal of the special relationship”. Mr Khan was previously a Twitter target for President Trump following the London Bridge terror attack. Mr Khan suggested that Theresa May’s plans of inviting Mr Trump for a state visit should be cancelled. He released an official statement outlining his complete views on the President’s actions.

Mayor of London’s official statement.

President Trump responded to his critics on Twitter this morning, saying: “Don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!”.

President Trump had to send the tweet twice, as he originally tagged an account belonging to a Theresa May, but not the Prime Minister.

There were resounding calls in the House of Commons today for President Trump to be banned from travelling to the UK. MPs called on the Home Secretary Amber Rudd to prevent him from visiting.

 

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