Trump hugely criticized for tweeting anti-Muslim videos

US President Donald Trump recently re-tweeted three anti-Muslim video clips and since then he has received massive criticism from different parts of the world. The videos were originally posted by the deputy head of a British far-right group who has been convicted of hate crimes.

British Prime Minister Theresa May said through a spokesperson that Trump was ‘wrong’ to promote ‘hateful narratives’ of the group, British First.

Trump did not let this remark slide by as he took to Twitter to publicly thrash the British PM for her remark.

“@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!” he tweeted, after an earlier tweet with the same message used the wrong Twitter handle for May.

Britain has always remained US’s special ally, but Trump’s intervention in the country’s politics have strained that relationship. Trump has also had highly publicized run-ins with London’s Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan.

Khan on Wednesday described Britain First as “a vile, hate-fuelled organisation whose views should be condemned, not amplified.”

When Trump had initially tweeted the videos, the White House had tried its best to limit the damage by saying that the president was just trying to point out to a real problem.

“The threat is real, and that´s what the president is talking about,” said White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders.

One of the videos falsely claims to show a Muslim beating up a Dutch boy on crutches.

The Dutch embassy in Washington took the unusual step of publicly criticizing a sitting US president on Twitter.

“@realDonaldTrump Facts do matter. The perpetrator of the violent act in this video was born and raised in the Netherlands. He received and completed his sentence under Dutch law.”

Another video is described as showing a mob pushing a teenager off a rooftop, without any context — it appears to be footage filmed during unrest in Egypt in 2013. A man was executed for his role in the teen´s death.

The third video allegedly depicts a Muslim smashing a statue of the Virgin Mary.

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