
On Wednesday the President of the United States retweeted three videos from the account of the deputy leader of Britain First.
Britain First is an anti-immigration group in the United Kingdom which has been accused in the past of sharing misleading posts on its social media accounts.
The far-right group has a huge following on Facebook compared to the main political parties, and it regularly uses video websites to promote their activities.
On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump retweeted three videos to his 46.6 million followers from the Twitter account of the group's deputy leader Jayda Fransen.
Fransen herself responded by sharing a Metro story, without altering the headline which called her retweets:
hate messages from Britain First deputy leader
The world reacted with shock to the videos, whose origin cannot be independently verified.
In the UK, legal battles have restricted Britain First's ability to grab the attention of the press and public, but the President's decision to share the videos will throw a global spotlight onto the controversial group.
Trump has legitimised the far right in his own country, now he’s trying to do it in ours. Spreading hatred has cons… https://t.co/V6BdewqQtt— Brendan Cox (@Brendan Cox) 1511957219
Donald Trump has been retweeting Britain First leader and rampant anti-Muslim activist Jayda Fransen. See how her o… https://t.co/rKfKsF6RSr— HOPE not hate (@HOPE not hate) 1511958183
The video Trump just retweeted was ordered to be taken down from Dumpert by NL police FYI https://t.co/iGWLcIDlCM— Ryan Broderick (@Ryan Broderick) 1511956274
Even PJW is acknowledging how fucking weird this is https://t.co/rMkRug54vA— Ryan Broderick (@Ryan Broderick) 1511956186
Good morning, Mr President @realDonaldTrump - what the hell are you doing retweeting a bunch of unverified videos b… https://t.co/bFcPjiSCmS— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1511957306
President Trump is no stranger to whipping up controversy by sharing content from bizarre sources; the most notable this year being a video of him beating up CNN.
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