The mayor of London has called on U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May to cancel any plans for an official visit by U.S. President Donald Trump.
The U.S. leader caused outrage in Britain on Wednesday after he used his Twitter account to share anti-Islam videos from a U.K. far-right group.
A spokesman for the U.K. prime minister said the president's actions were wrong but in a sharp response Trump said that May should instead focus on terrorism within Britain.
London's mayor, Sadiq Khan, said in a statement Thursday that Trump's original tweets had betrayed the "special relationship" between the two countries.
"President Trump yesterday use Twitter to promote a vile, extremist group that exists solely to sow division and hatred in our country," said Khan.
The mayor then called on May to cancel any plans to receive Trump on an official visit.
"As the mayor of this great diverse city, I have previously called on Theresa May to cancel her ill-judged offer of a state visit to President Trump.
"After this latest incident, it is increasingly clear that any official visit at all from President Trump to Britain would not be welcomed," he said.
Khan added that the British government should be asking Trump to delete the tweets and apologize to the British people.
It is not the first time that Trump and Khan have clashed.
In June, Trump referred to the number of dead and wounded in a terror attack on London Bridge, and appeared to chide Khan for telling Londoners not to be alarmed.
Arknell on November 30th, 2017 at 13:42 UTC »
Putin's wet dream of western destabilization is suddenly given a new fruit of fapping material for him.
Edit: Wow, this really exploded into hilarious racist kneejerk, thank you! The Reddit Platinum Trifecta of accidentally provoking both Trump supporters, Brexiters, and Islamophobes at the same time? That's Xmas come early! Fuck Trump, Fuck Putin, Fuck neonazis, and all those who enable them. I am not trolling you guys; trolling is being two-faced (saying something you don't believe to rile up others), this is coming straight from the heart: your hatred is like a fresh breeze on my summer brow.
zmetz on November 30th, 2017 at 13:26 UTC »
It is true, this really has nailed any chances shut. Britain First are cunts. Actual outright bastards. Not a legitimate group, not even a nasty group just exercising freedom of speech, they actually directly cause and incite violence. Whatever point Trump was trying to make by retweeting them has been utterly lost by who made the original post.
It is literally like Teresa May retweeting the KKK. I think Americans might miss this somewhat as BF are not known over there.
autotldr on November 30th, 2017 at 13:22 UTC »
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 69%. (I'm a bot)
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