Donald Trump saw something that he liked on his phone screen -- because it purported to be three video clips showing violence committed by Muslims. The tweet came from a right-wing group in the U.K. So he prompted retweeted it . . . to the world.
Prime Minister Theresa May addressed the matter, saying:
"The fact that we work together does not mean that we're afraid to say when we think the United States has got it wrong, and to be very clear with them. I'm very clear that retweeting from Britain First was the wrong thing to do."
["Britain First" is a nationalist political group that opposes multiculturalism, especially Muslims. It has deployed "Christian patrols" and staged "invasions" of Mosques.]
There was a long, indignant discussion in the British Parliament, with comments such as: "Donald Trump is now sowing seeds of hate in our country." "What the president did was stupid." Another called for cancelling the planned Trump state visit; another said that, if he comes here, he should be arrested for incitement. Others here in the U.S. have spoken about how this puts U.S. embassies and citizens overseas at risk, because it builds on Trump's anti-Muslim image for America.
Trump was unrepentent, returning a tweet to PM May:
@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!"
Ralph
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