Trump's retweets of British far-right group getting flack from the UK

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Theresa May: Trump was 'wrong' to retweet far-right posts. There's really too much here for one post, so I'll have to split it. It's not just Mrs. May who is pissed about 45's retweeting of hateful tweets and videos.

The BBC's deputy political editor John Pienaar said in his blog that "managing a calm and stable relationship with a president like Donald Trump looks like a task that's well beyond Theresa May - and arguably - anyone else".

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she agreed with Theresa May's criticism of Mr Trump, but thought she should go further and halt plans for a state visit next year.

'Hold back'

Mr Trump's retweeting of posts by a far-right group "risks legitimising those who want to spread fear and hatred," Ms Sturgeon said, and was "completely unacceptable".

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he thought the state visit - which would see Mr Trump being hosted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle - was "unlikely to go ahead in the event that he does come to Britain".

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1. Trump's tweets.....cont'd

The US and the UK are close allies and often described as having a "special relationship". Theresa May was the first foreign leader to visit the Trump White House.

The row was raised in the House of Commons on Thursday morning with Home Secretary Amber Rudd saying she hoped Mrs May's criticism "would have some impact on the president".

Responding to a call by MP Peter Bone for the president to delete his Twitter account, she said: "It's interesting to note [Mr Bone's] advice regarding Twitter accounts - I'm sure many of us might share his view."

Former Conservative minister Tim Loughton said if Twitter was "genuine in its commitment to fight hate crime online" it would delete the US president's account.

Veteran Labour MP Paul Flynn asked whether Mr Trump should be "charged with inciting racial hatred" if he comes to the UK, a view echoed by fellow Labour MP Naz Shah.

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2. Trump's tweets.....cont'd

Communities Secretary Sajid Javid said Mr Trump had "endorsed the views of a vile, hate-filled racist organisation that hates me and people like me", adding: "He is wrong and I refuse to let it go and say nothing."

London Mayor Sadiq Khan repeated his call the state visit to be cancelled, saying: "It beggars belief that the president of our closest ally doesn't see that his support of this extremist group actively undermines the values of tolerance and diversity that makes Britain so great."

This was last was buried far down in the article; but, it's a comment that touched me. I heard Mr. Cox on The BBC News Hour on NPR yesterday.

After already condemning Mr Trump's actions on Wednesday, Brendan Cox - whose wife, MP Jo Cox, was murdered by a right-wing extremist who shouted "Britain first" before committing the act - told the US president to focus on problems in his own country.

Here's the text of Mr. Cox's tweet (I haven't learned how to share tweets on DU):

You have a mass shooting every single day in your country, your murder rate is many times that of the UK, your healthcare system is a disgrace, you can’t pass anything through a congress that you control. I would focus on that.

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3. I think he is being ordered by Putin to do some of this shit to destabilize our former allies in

Europe. The idea that our president would send out totally unchecked videos that are from far-right nuts in England, and tweets that obviously directly undermine the PM and our best ally, is not just a Trump “mistake.” This shit is seriously weird and destructive, and it fits the Putin playbook totally.

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4. Or he could just be as stupid and bigoted....

.....as anyone else who spreads Britain "First" hate.