Sadiq Khan slams Donald Trump for using Twitter to promote 'vile, extremist group' Britain First that exists 'solely to sow division and hatred'

Sadiq Khan has spoken out after US President Donald Trump shared Islamophobic videos from "vile, extremist group" Britain First on Twitter.

The President retweeted three videos, originally posted by deputy leader of the far-right group Britain First, Jayda Fransen, on Wednesday (November 29) using his official Twitter account.

The unverified videos were captioned "Muslim destroys a statue of Virgin Mary!", "Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches!" and "Islamist mob pushes teenage boy off roof and beats him to death!".

Ms Fransen, 31 was charged with four counts of racially aggravated harassment by Kent Police back in September and is banned from entering Luton or any mosque in England and Wales.

“President Trump yesterday used Twitter to promote a vile, extremist group that exists solely to sow division and hatred in our country," said Mayor of London Khan on Thursday (November 30).

"Many Brits who love America and Americans will see this as a betrayal of the special relationship between our two countries.

"It beggars belief 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."

Mr Khan continued: “As the Mayor of this great diverse city, I have previously called on Theresa May to cancel her ill-judged offer of a state visit to President Trump.

"After this latest incident, it is increasingly clear that any official visit at all from President Trump to Britain would not be welcomed.

“The Prime Minister of our country should be using any influence she and her government claim to have with the President and his administration to ask him to delete these tweets and to apologise to the British people."

'Bigger picture'

President Trump previously attacked Sadiq Khan for asking the public not to be alarmed at armed police on London's streets after the terror attack on Borough Market.

Downing Street condemned the President's sharing of the videos in a press conference, but the President responded, tweeting:

".@Theresa_May, don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!"

Home Secretary Amber Rudd also condemned Donald Trump for sharing the content but "urged people to remember" the "special relationship" which exists between the UK and USA

Answering an urgent question in the House of Commons, Ms Rudd denounced Britain First as "an extremist organisation which seeks to divide communities through their use of hateful narratives which spread lies and stoke tensions".

"President Donald Trump was wrong to retweet videos posted by the far-right group Britain First."

However she went on to say, "The unparallelled sharing of intelligence between our countries is vital. It has undoubtedly saved British lives".

"That is the bigger picture here."

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