It’s May-day for PM in Trump fury
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.