Donald Trump said he “would certainly apologize” to Britain for promoting controversial videos put out by a British far-right group that he acknowledged he “knew nothing about.”
Trump caused widespread outrage in Britain last November when he re-tweeted three videos that purported to show brutal acts committed by Islamic extremists. The videos, at least one of which has been judged misleading, were originally posted on Twitter by Britain First, a group condemned by many as racist and xenophobic.
In an interview with British celebrity presenter
Piers Morgan, who has boasted of his friendship with Trump, the U.S. leader admitted he knew nothing about Britain First and said he was not endorsing the group. At the same time, he shrugged off the outrage his re-tweet caused in Britain, saying that “in the United States it wasn’t a big story.”
“Certainly I wasn’t endorsing anybody. I knew nothing about them,” Trump said of Britain First, adding: “If you’re telling me that they’re horrible people, horrible racist people, I would certainly apologize if you’d like me to do that.”
