Donald Trump retweets anti-Muslim videos posted by far-right British politician

The videos were first posted by Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of the far-right group Britain First.

November 29, 2017 06:22 pm | Updated 06:26 pm IST - WASHINGTON

President Donald Trump is retweeting a series of anti-Muslim videos posted by a far-right British politician.

Mr. Trump sent the Twitter messages on November 29 morning. The videos were first posted by Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of the far-right group Britain First.

The descriptions read: “VIDEO- Islamist mob pushes teenage boy off roof and beats him to death!” and “VIDEO- Muslim Destroys a Statue of Virgin Mary!” and “VIDEO- Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches!”

After Mr. Trump retweeted the videos, Ms. Fransen quickly responded on Twitter, saying: “DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF HAS RETWEETED THESE VIDEOS AND HAS AROUND 44 MILLION FOLLOWERS! GOD BLESS YOU TRUMP! GOD BLESS AMERICA!”

Mr. Trump has sought to ban immigrants from certain Muslim-majority nations.

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