'Least racist' Trump says would apologise for sharing far right videos

US President Donald Trump waves as he arrives during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Picture: Michael Probst/AP

US President Donald Trump waves as he arrives during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Picture: Michael Probst/AP

Published Jan 26, 2018

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London - US President Donald Trump said

he had not intended to cause offence in Britain by sharing

anti-Muslim videos originally posted by a leader of a far-right

fringe group and that he would apologise if such people were

horrible racists.

Speaking to ITV's Good Morning Britain show, Trump said he

knew nothing about the group but that he was the "least racist

person that anybody's going to meet" and that his retweet was

not an endorsement.

Trump sparked outrage in Britain when, last November, he

shared the anti-Muslim videos and became embroiled in a public

spat with British PM May who criticised him for the retweet.

When pressed on whether he would apologise for his retweet,

he said that if the group was made up of racists then he would.

"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," Trump said.

"I know nothing about them. I don’t want to be involved with

people, but you’re telling me about these people because

I know nothing about these people."

Trump said he did not mean to cause any difficulty for

Britain, a country he said he loved very much.

"I can tell you I have a very good relationship with your

Prime Minister," Trump said. "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 defence if anything should happen, which hopefully

will never happen. I am a tremendous supporter of the UK." 

Reuters

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