Donald Trump has told UK Prime Minister Theresa May to focus on \u201cterrorism\u201d in the UK after she criticised his sharing of far-right videos.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom,\u201d Mr Trump tweeted.<\/p>\n
The US president had earlier retweeted three inflammatory videos posted online by a British far-right group.<\/p>\n
Mrs May\u2019s spokesman said it was \u201cwrong for the president to have done this\u201d.<\/p>\n
The US and the UK are close allies and often described as having a \u201cspecial relationship\u201d. Theresa May was the first foreign leader to visit the Trump White House.<\/p>\n
The videos shared by Mr Trump, who has more than 40 million followers, were initially posted by Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of Britain First, a group founded by former members of the far-right British National Party (BNP).<\/p>\n
Ms Fransen, 31, has been charged in the UK with using \u201cthreatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour\u201d over speeches she made at a rally in Belfast.<\/p>\n
Several leading UK politicians have criticised the president for retweeting her posts, as has the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who said it was \u201cdeeply disturbing\u201d that Mr Trump had \u201cchosen to amplify the voice of far-right extremists\u201d.<\/p>\n
And it has led to renewed calls for Mr Trump\u2019s planned state visit to the UK to be cancelled, although Downing Street said on Wednesday that the invitation still stood.<\/p>\n
In hitting out at Mrs May, Mr Trump first tagged the wrong Twitter account, sending his statement to a different user with just six followers. He then deleted the tweet and posted it again, this time directing the message to the UK PM\u2019s official account.<\/p>\n
Source: BBC<\/p>\n
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