Trump stokes anti-Muslim sentiment; censured in US, abroad
By CATHERINE LUCEY and JILL LAWLESSNovember 30, 2017 GMT
WASHINGTON (AP) Stoking the same anti-Islam sentiments he fanned on the campaign trail, President Donald Trump on Wednesday retweeted a string of inflammatory videos from a fringe British political group purporting to show violence being committed by Muslims.
The tweets drew a sharp condemnation from British Prime Minister Theresa May’s office, which said it was “wrong for the president to have done this.” May spokesman James Slack said the far-right Britain First group seeks to divide through its use of “hateful narratives which peddle lies and stoke tensions.”
Donald Trump had reportedly made the scathing comment that he would pay £100,000 to not hear the speeches made by former British prime ministerTheresa May, after learning that she was paid that amount to make corporate appearances. Sharing the anecdote, British broadcaster Piers Morgan wrote in the Spectator that when he informed Mr Trump that Ms May “gets paid more than £100,000 a pop for speeches”, the former president “exploded into mocking.