The following article by Stephen Castle was posted on the New York Times website November 30, 2017:
Leaders from Britain’s ruling and opposition parties have criticized President Trump for retweeting anti-Muslim videos posted by a far-right ultranationalist British party. By CAMILLA SCHICK on Publish Date November 30, 2017. Photo by Amel Pain/European Pressphoto Agency.
LONDON — One member of Parliament called him a “fascist.” Another described him as “stupid.” A third wondered aloud whether President Trump was “racist, incompetent or unthinking — or all three.”
The stream of criticism that began after Mr. Trump shared anti-Muslim videos from a far-right British group on Wednesday morning turned into a gusher on Thursday, after he rebuked Prime Minister Theresa May in a nighttime tweet, telling her: “Don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom.” Continue reading “Trump’s Tweets Manage a Rare Feat: Uniting Britain, in Outrage”