President Donald Trump told the British prime minister that she should focus on combatting “Radical Islamic Terrorism” in the United Kingdom, instead of criticizing him.
“We are doing just fine!” he said in a tweet.
.@Theresa_May, 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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2017
Trump’s tweets are likely in response to Prime Minister Theresa May’s statement on Wednesday, in which her spokesperson said it was “wrong” for Trump to retweet anti-Islamic videos on Twitter that were originally shared by a leader of a British far-right political group, Britain First.
“Britain First seeks to divide communities through their use of hateful narratives which peddle lies and stoke tensions,” the spokesperson said. “They cause anxiety to law-abiding people. British people overwhelmingly reject the prejudiced rhetoric of the far right. It is wrong for the President to have done this.”
Early Wednesday morning, Trump shared three unverified anti-Muslim videos on Twitter that were originally posted by Jayda Fransen, the deputy head of Britain First who was recently convicted of religiously aggravated harassment. The videos supposedly show violence that Fransen claimed in her tweets was ignited by Muslims. Two of the three videos have been largely debunked.
The group Britain First is known for combatting what it calls the “Islamization” of Britain and has also campaigned against the building of new mosques. The group has also launched several unsuccessful political campaigns.
Outside the tweet to May — which Trump originally posted with the wrong Twitter handle for the Prime Minister — Trump hasn’t publicly commented on why he shared the videos.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday said it doesn’t necessarily matter if the videos were real, but said “the threat is real, and that’s what the President is talking about, is the need for national security, the need for military spending, and those are very really things, there’s nothing fake about that.”
Jebus what an sad pathetic egomaniac.
Guess Dotard realizes he will never get that State Visit he so desperately desires.
I’m guilty of thinking the citizens of Alabama will prove themselves a bunch of knuckle dragging buffoons should they elect Roy Moore to the Senate.
I have to believe, similarly, the rest of the planet thinks the citizens of the U.S. are a bunch of knuckle dragging buffoons for having elected Trump President.
Ah, but focusing on Trump IS focusing on terrorism.
Putin couldn’t have imagined so much WINNING for his big beautiful global neo-nazi movement.
Trump is such a complete and utter buffoon - being played like a vilin by Putin and his Russian Oligarchy mafia.
Meanwhile McConnell and Ryan place tax cuts for robber barons ahead of defending our nation against our #1 enemy: Putin and Russia