Donald Trump Apologises For Retweeting ‘Horrible Racist’ Britain First Videos

Donald Trump has apologised for retweeting several videos by the anti-Islam group Britain First.

The President of the United States was giving an interview to his old chum and Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan.

During the interview he revealed that he doesn't actually know a great deal about Britain First and apologised for giving publicity to their cause.

ITV / Good Morning Britain

He told Morgan: "If you're telling me they're horrible racist people, I would certainly apologise if you would like me to do that. I know nothing about them. I know nothing about them and I know nothing about them today. Other than I read a little bit.

"I guess, again I'm in the United States, so I didn't read as much about it. Perhaps it was a big story in Britain, perhaps it was a bit story in the UK. But in the United States it wasn't a big story."

"I am, as I say often, the least racist person that anybody's going to meet. Certainly I wasn't endorsing anybody."

It made pretty big news at the time, resulting in the UK Government openly criticising Trump.

ITV / Good Morning Britain

Britain First is a (very small) political group of radical anti-Islam morons who have a following on social media that has largely been brought in by lies.

One video retweeted by Trump was called "Muslim migrant by beats up Dutch boy on crutches" but the person in the video was later arrested and found to be neither Muslim nor a migrant.

At the time, Britain First's leader wrote: "THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, DONALD TRUMP HAS RETWEETED THREE OF DEPUTY LEADER JAYDA FRANSENS'S TWITTER VIDEOS!

"DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF HAS RETWEETED THESE VIDEOS AND HAS AROUND 44 MILLION FOLLOWERS! GOD BLESS YOU TRUMP! GOD BLESS AMERICA!"

Britain First were deregistered as a party by the Electoral Commission last November.

The organisation's deputy leader Jayda Fransen has since responded to the interview via Facebook, claiming that a media campaign has sought to portray her 'in a particularly negative fashion'.

Topics: uk news, Good Morning Britain, US News, Donald Trump, ITV, Piers Morgan

Tom Wood

Tom Wood is a freelance journalist and LADbible contributor. He graduated from University of London with a BA in Philosophy before studying for a Masters in Journalism at the University of Salford. He has previously written for the M.E.N Group as well as working for several top professional sports clubs. Contact him on [email protected]

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