President Trump APOLOGIZES For Controversial Radical Islam Tweet

A while back, President Trump got himself in hot water for retweeting a video from a group called ‘Britain First,’ allegedly showing a muslim refugee beating up a disabled teen.

The group has been accused of hate crimes in Britain, and is considered a far-right, white-nationalist organization.

The videos were unverified… and many believed they could have been fake.

In what may be a first… President Trump is APOLOGIZING for the Tweet:

Has he ever apologized for a Tweet like this before? I don’t remember him doing so…

According to Daily Mail:

Donald Trump has apologised for retweeting videos posted online by Britain First and said he did it because he is a ‘big believer in fighting radical Islamic terror’.

The 71-year-old was speaking to Piers Morgan in Davos, Switzerland, and eventually said he would apologize if the far-right group is seen as being ‘horrible and racist’.

It comes after Trump landed himself in hot water after he retweeted three clips which purportedly showed ‘anti-Muslim’ material.

They were initially posted by British nationalist Jayda Fransen, who has been convicted of hate crimes, and Theresa May publicly condemned the President.

He was asked about the controversial retweets during the interview, which was aired on Good Morning Britain, and said he did not know who Britain First were when the messages were posted last November.

Trump said that he retweeted the videos because he is a ‘big believer in fighting Islamic terror’

It comes after the President, who also met Mrs May at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, said: ‘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 did a retweet. When you do your own tweeting, or you do your own social media, it’s fine.

‘When you do those retweets it can cause problems, because you never know who’s doing it to start off with.

Yup. That was problematic.

Though… It was a relatively big story here, too.

‘I don’t know who they are, I know nothing about them, so I wouldn’t be doing that. I am, as I say often, the least racist person that anybody’s going to meet.

‘Certainly I wasn’t endorsing anybody. I knew nothing about them. They had I guess a couple of depictions of radical Islamic terror.

But then he gets serious about not backing down on Islamic terrorism, and I appreciate that…

‘Radical Islamic terror, whether you like talking about it or not Piers, it’s a fact.

‘You look at what’s going on in UK and you look at what’s going on all over the world, you can try and shield it.’

Given the amount of offense, Trump was asked if he regrets the retweets.

He added: ‘Look, it was done because I am a big believer in fighting radical Islamic terror. This was a depiction of radical Islamic terror.

‘Here’s what’s fair, if you’re telling me they’re horrible people, horrible racist people I would certainly apologise if you would like me to do that.

‘I know nothing about them. I don’t want to be involved with [these] people, but you’re telling me about these people because I know nothing about these people.’

Ok… so he’s apologizing for offending people by retweeting a racist group… not for standing up against radical Islam. I think that’s a fair compromise.

Trump also had good things to say about his relationship with Theresa May:

And when they finally sat down to discuss his first year in office, Trump also revealed he has a ‘very good’ relationship with Mrs May and added that the US ‘will come to Britain’s defence is anything should happen’.

He added: ‘I can tell you I have a very good relationship with your Prime Minister who I just left.

‘She’s been doing a very good job. We actually have a very good relationship, although a lot of people think we don’t.

‘I support her, I support a lot of what she does and a lot of what she says and I support you militarily very much.

‘We will come to your defense if anything should happen, which hopefully will never happen. I am a tremendous supporter of the UK.’

The US and the UK should ALWAYS be strong allies. This is encouraging. I hope that Theresa May is also doing her part to support and sustain this relationship…

Responding to suggestions that some figures in the UK would like him to be banned from visiting the country, Trump said: ‘I hadn’t heard about banning, I think a lot of the people in your country like what I stand for, they respect what I stand for and I do stand for tough borders.’

He added: ‘The real me is somebody that loves Britain, loves the UK. I love Scotland.

The full interview will air on ITV on Sunday evening.