LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday repeated her condemnation of US President Donald Trump's retweets of anti-Muslim videos posted by way of a British far-right chief but said US-UK relations would live to tell the tale the row.
"I'm very clear that retweeting from Britain First was the wrong thing to do," she told a press convention broadcast on British television all over a visit to Jordan, before adding that ties with Washington were "enduring".
"We're not afraid to say where we think the US got it wrong," she said, when asked about Trump's response to her rebuke+ on Thursday, in which he said May must focal point extra on eradicating "destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism" in Britain.
The prime minister also indicated that a state visit by way of Trump to Britain would continue, despite calls from many lawmakers that it must now be cancelled.
"An invitation has been extended and has been accepted. We are yet to set a date," she said.
"This is a long-term special relationship that we have... It's in both our national interests," May added.
She focused her criticism on Britain First, announcing that the fringe anti-Muslim workforce "seeks to spread division and mistrust among our communities."
"I think that we must all take seriously the threat that far-right groups pose... In the UK, we take the far-right very seriously," she said.
"I'm very clear that retweeting from Britain First was the wrong thing to do," she told a press convention broadcast on British television all over a visit to Jordan, before adding that ties with Washington were "enduring".
"We're not afraid to say where we think the US got it wrong," she said, when asked about Trump's response to her rebuke+ on Thursday, in which he said May must focal point extra on eradicating "destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism" in Britain.
The prime minister also indicated that a state visit by way of Trump to Britain would continue, despite calls from many lawmakers that it must now be cancelled.
"An invitation has been extended and has been accepted. We are yet to set a date," she said.
"This is a long-term special relationship that we have... It's in both our national interests," May added.
She focused her criticism on Britain First, announcing that the fringe anti-Muslim workforce "seeks to spread division and mistrust among our communities."
"I think that we must all take seriously the threat that far-right groups pose... In the UK, we take the far-right very seriously," she said.
Trump was 'wrong' but UK-US relations will endure: May
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