Trump retweets violent videos from anti-Muslim British politician

Trump tweets anti-Muslim videos — (Image credit: Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)

In between tweets attacking "Fake News CNN," lauding the stock market, and commenting on Matt Lauer's firing, President Trump retweeted three videos Wednesday morning from Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of Britain's far-right, anti-immigrant Britain First group. The videos purport to show Muslims killing a boy, beating up a Dutch youth on crutches, and destroying a statue of the Virgin Mary. Fransen, 31, is on bail and facing four charges of religiously aggravated harassment for yelling insults at a Muslim woman in front of her children during a "Christian patrol." She celebrated the attention from the American president, tweeting: "God bless you Trump! God bless America!"

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.