Donald Trump told British TV personality Piers Morgan he would "certainly apologize if you'd ask" him regarding his retweets of ultra-nationalist organization Britain First.
Trump claims he knew nothing about the organization he retweeted.
Via Politico:
“If you’re telling me they are horrible racist people, I will certainly apologize if you’d like me to do that,” Trump told ITV Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan. “I know nothing about these people.”
Trump’s three retweets of Britain First material caused a diplomatic incident last November, forcing British Prime Minister Theresa May to publicly criticize his actions. The president then took to Twitter to attack her back. But speaking to Morgan on Thursday, Trump denied he had been promoting Britain First as an organization.
“I don’t know who they are, I know nothing about them, so I wouldn’t be doing that,” he said. “I am the least racist person that anyone is going to meet. Certainly I wasn’t endorsing anybody … It was done because I am a big believer in fighting radical Islamic terror. It was a big story where you are — but it was not where I am. So you’re telling me something.”
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: In his first international interview since becoming US president, @realDonaldTrump says sorry for retweeting anti-Muslim videos. @piersmorgan https://t.co/kFCEKnYxyI— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) January 26, 2018
The full interview will air on Sunday 28 January at 10pm on @ITV and available on the @itvhub. pic.twitter.com/Am5nH1jvPw
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