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It’s May-day for PM in Trump fury

- Denis Slattery and Chris Sommerfeld­t

KEEP CALM AND carry on.

British Prime Minister Theresa May sought to calm nerves and tempers on Thursday, condemning President Trump for reposting antiMuslim videos from a U.K. far-right group on social media, as she promised that relations between the two allies will endure.

What Trump did was “wrong,” May said as she took questions following a speech in Jordan.

The British leader said Britain and the U.S. have a special relationsh­ip that will continue, but added that she is not afraid to criticize allies when she disagrees with them.

May also addressed the far-right fringe group that Trump bolstered on Wednesday when he shared Islamophob­ic clips from one of their leaders Twitter accounts.

May called the group, Britain First, “a hateful organizati­on” that runs counter to “common British decency.”

Trump’s tweets enraged many leaders across the pond and led to calls for a planned official visit by the President to be scrapped.

Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, has led the calls to disinvite Trump following the fallout.

“An invitation for a state visit has been extended and been offered,” May said. “We have yet to set a date.”

A senior American diplomat told the Telegraph that Trump was expected to go to the U.K. for a “working visit” in January for the opening of a new American embassy, but the White House has scrapped those plans.

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