‘The threat is real’: White House defends Trump’s retweeting of anti-Muslim videos
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is defending Trump (Picture: AP) The White House ..
The White House has defended Donald Trump‘s posting of videos purporting to show violence against Muslims, saying ‘the threat is real’.
Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the president wants to ‘promote strong borders and strong national security’.
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She said: ‘Whether it’s a real video, the threat is real and that is what the president is talking about.’
Sanders added she was not sure how Trump found the videos, which he retweeted from the leader of an extreme far-right British group.
She says she had not discussed with the president how it could impact his relationship with British Prime Minister Theresa May.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, DONALD TRUMP, HAS RETWEETED THREE OF DEPUTY LEADER JAYDA FRANSEN'S TWITTER VIDEOS! DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF HAS RETWEETED THESE VIDEOS AND HAS AROUND 44 MILLION FOLLOWERS! GOD BLESS YOU TRUMP! GOD BLESS AMERICA! OCS @JaydaBF@realDonaldTrumppic.twitter.com/BiQfQkTra9
— Jayda Fransen (@JaydaBF) November 29, 2017
Downing Street has condemned Trump’s decision to retweet the graphic videos — one of which allegedly shows a group of people throwing someone off a roof and beating him.
A spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May said: ‘It is wrong for the president to have done this.
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‘Britain First seeks to divide communities through their use of hateful narratives which peddle lies and stoke tensions. They cause anxiety to law-abiding people.
‘British people overwhelmingly reject the prejudiced rhetoric of the far-right which is the antithesis of the values that this country represents: decency, tolerance and respect.’
All three tweets were anti-Islam and showed videos claiming to show attacks by Muslims.
A number of MPs, led by Jeremy Corbyn, earlier spoke out against Mr Trump.
The Labour leader tweeted: ‘I hope our Government will condemn far-right retweets by Donald Trump. They are abhorrent, dangerous and a threat to our society.’
