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US president says he did not know about far-right group and only wanted to oppose Islamist terrorism US president tells Good Morning Britain on ITV he did not know about far-right group and only wanted to oppose Islamist terrorism
Press Association Graham Ruddick and agencies
Fri 26 Jan 2018 07.03 GMTFri 26 Jan 2018 07.03 GMT
Last modified on Fri 26 Jan 2018 07.43 GMT
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Donald Trump has said he is prepared to apologise for retweeting inflammatory videos by the far-right Britain First group.Donald Trump has said he is prepared to apologise for retweeting inflammatory videos by the far-right Britain First group.
In an interview with ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Trump said he had known nothing about the organisation when he made the social media postings. In an interview with ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Trump said he had known nothing about Britain First when he shared the posts by the group’s deputy leader Jayda Fransen.
“If you are telling me they’re horrible people, horrible, racist people, I would certainly apologise if you’d like me to do that,” he told presenter Piers Morgan.“If you are telling me they’re horrible people, horrible, racist people, I would certainly apologise if you’d like me to do that,” he told presenter Piers Morgan.
Trump said he had not known what Britain First was when he made the three retweets last November.
He said that he had made the posts because of his opposition to Islamist terrorism.He said that he had made the posts because of his opposition to Islamist terrorism.
“I know nothing about them and I know nothing about them today other than I read a little bit,” he said. “I know nothing about them and I know nothing about them today other than I read a little bit,” he said. “Perhaps it was a big story in Britain, perhaps it was a big story in the UK, but in the United States it wasn’t a big story.
“Perhaps it was a big story in Britain, perhaps it was a big story in the UK, but in the United States it wasn’t a big story.
“They had a couple of depictions of radical Islamic terror. It was done because I am a big believer in fight radical Islamic terror. This was a depiction of radical Islamic terror.”“They had a couple of depictions of radical Islamic terror. It was done because I am a big believer in fight radical Islamic terror. This was a depiction of radical Islamic terror.”
Morgan interviewed Trump in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Trump is scheduled to make an address to the event on Friday.
The full interview will air on Sunday at 10pm on ITV. Clips are being shown on Friday’s edition of Good Morning Britain.
In the interview Trump said he was a tremendous supporter of the UK and that Theresa May was doing a “very good job”.In the interview Trump said he was a tremendous supporter of the UK and that Theresa May was doing a “very good job”.
The former editor of the Daily Mirror and News of the World announced the interview on Twitter alongside an old photo of himself with Trump.
Morgan has frequently spoken about their friendship. He got to know Trump in 2008 when he won Celebrity Apprentice in the US, which was fronted by the billionaire. Morgan’s Twitter account is one of just 45 that the president follows.
Morgan interviewed Trump for Good Morning Britain in May 2016 during the US election campaign and he has previously said he has interviewed him more than 30 times over the years through his various on-screen roles. In the 2016 interview Trump accused Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, of being “rude” and “ignorant”.
Morgan has been a vocal supporter of Trump on social media and through his column for Mail Online.
Press Associated contributed to this report
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