Khan accused Trump of promoting a "vile, extremist group that exists solely to sow division and hatred" | John Phillips/Getty Images London mayor calls for UK to cancel Trump visit after retweets Sadiq Khan called Donald Trump’s retweets of a far-right group a ‘betrayal’ of the two countries’ relationship. 
 
 London Mayor Sadiq Khan called on the U.K. government to cancel any official state visit by Donald Trump after the U.S. president retweeted a series of videos posted by the leader of a far-right British political group. 
 
 The videos, which sought to portray Muslims as violent and dangerous, were originally posted to Twitter by Jayda Fransen, deputy leader of the extreme-right, ultranationalist group Britain First. Fransen was found guilty last year of religiously aggravated harassment of a Muslim woman. In a statement Thursday, Khan accused Trump of promoting a “vile, extremist group that exists solely to sow division and hatred.” 
 
 “After this latest incident, it is increasingly clear that any official visit at all from President Trump to Britain would not be welcomed,” Khan said. 
 
 The U.K. government had previously issued an invitation to Trump for 2018 which was accepted, but the details and timing had not yet been arranged. After Trump’s retweets, Prime Minister Theresa May condemned his actions but stopped short of rescinding the state visit offer. 
 
 Trump later pushed back, telling May on Twitter “don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism.” 
 
 Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable also demanded on Thursday that May not meet Trump, whom the party called an “evil racist” in a statement. 
 
 Khan also said “many Brits who love America” will see Trump’s actions as a “betrayal of the special relationship” between the two countries. 
 
 Ann Coulter, the right-wing American commentator who is one of just 45 people Trump follows on Twitter, could have been the source of his seeing the Britain First tweet. She said that she did not know what Britain First was when she retweeted the videos herself, but that she doesn’t “think it really matters, it’s a video.” 
 
 “A video is a video is a video,” Coulter said. ||||| Donald Trump hit back at Theresa May last night after she criticised the US president for re-tweeting three anti-Muslim videos posted by a British far-Right group. 
 
 Mr Trump wrote on Twitter: "Theresa, don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!" 
 
 He tweeted @theresamay, which is not the Twitter account of the Prime Minister, before correcting the mistake about 20 minutes later. 
 
 "Wrong twitter handle. And that's just the start,” Carrie Symonds, director of communications at the Conservative Party, tweeted. 
 
 Mr Trump shared three posts by Jayda Fransen, deputy leader of Britain First, on Wednesday. The posts included unverified videos titled "Muslim Destroys a Statue of Virgin Mary!" and "Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches!" ||||| Tweet with a location 
 
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 FILE - In this May 25, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, speaks to British Prime Minister Theresa May during in a working dinner meeting at the NATO headquarters during a NATO summit of heads of state and government in Brussels. Trump initially responded to May’s criticism of his... (Associated Press) 
 
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 LONDON (AP) — Growing calls to cancel President Donald Trump's state visit to Britain have put Queen Elizabeth II — who would host the U.S. president — in a difficult position. 
 
 In Britain's constitutional monarchy, the queen invites foreign leaders to state visits — regarded as a great honor — on the advice of Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 
 
 In this case, it was the prime minister, Theresa May, who extended the invitation to Trump on the queen's behalf just days after Trump assumed office. While no date has yet been set for the visit, both governments say the state visit is still on. 
 
 It would be extremely awkward for the queen to rescind the invitation, and there is no indication the Foreign Office wishes her to do so. 
 
 Instead, a convenient delay is more likely — as suggested in Parliament Thursday. 
 
 Labour Party lawmaker Kevin Brennan said the 91-year-old queen has a busy year coming up with the anticipated birth of a new great-grandchild and the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in May. 
 
 "Don't those facts alone justify the government announcing a postponement of the state visit by the president of the United States for at least, say, three years?" he asked. 
 
 In the meantime, Trump could come to Britain for high level meetings on a trip that is not treated as a state visit, which is an event that follows well-scripted protocol. 
 
 It begins with the queen and other senior royals greeting the visitors for a ceremonial welcome, typically on Horse Guards Parade near Buckingham Palace. 
 
 In Trump's case, he and his wife Melania would typically inspect an honor guard before being taken to the palace in a carriage procession escorted by soldiers on horseback. Gun salutes would be fired by The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery at Green Park and the Tower of London. 
 
 The highlight of a state visit is usually the banquet held the very first night in the Buckingham Palace Ballroom. The queen usually invites about 150 guests including business leaders, diplomats and cultural figures. 
 
 She begins with a toast to the visiting head of state, who replies with a toast to the queen before the formal meal is served. The menu often includes some of the queen's finest wines. 
 
 Former President Barack Obama made a state visit in 2011 with his wife Michelle. His other visits to Britain were not classified that way. ||||| FILE - In this May 25, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, speaks to British Prime Minister Theresa May during in a working dinner meeting at the NATO headquarters during a NATO summit... (Associated Press) 
 
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 LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the furor over President Trump's retweeting of British far-right group (all times local): 
 
 1:30 p.m. 
 
 British Prime Minister Theresa May says President Donald Trump's retweets from a far-right group were "the wrong thing to do." 
 
 May says the group, Britain First, is "a hateful organization" that runs counter to "common British decency." 
 
 May has been under pressure to condemn Trump directly over the retweets of anti-Muslim videos. Her spokesman has already said the retweets were wrong. 
 
 Speaking in Amman, Jordan, May said Britain and the U.S. have a special relationship but she is not afraid to criticize friends when they get things wrong. 
 
 Asked about a tweet by Trump urging her to focus on Islamic extremist violence rather than on him, May said Britain takes the danger of extremism very seriously. 
 
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 10:40 a.m. 
 
 The mayor of London has added his voice to calls for President Donald Trump's state visit to Britain to be canceled over his retweets of a British far-right group. 
 
 Sadiq Khan says Trump has promoted "a vile, extremist group" and an official visit by him to Britain "would not be welcomed." 
 
 Trump's retweeting of anti-Muslim videos from far-right group Britain First has been widely condemned in Britain. Prime Minister Theresa May's official spokesman said the president was wrong to have done it. 
 
 In response, Trump urged May to focus on "the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom," rather than on him. 
 
 Downing St. and the White House both say a state visit by Trump is planned, but no date has been set.
– President Trump fired back at Theresa May on Wednesday after the British prime minister condemned his decision to retweet a far-right group's anti-Muslim videos—but he started with the wrong Theresa May. "Don't focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!" Trump tweeted at a Twitter account belonging to a British woman named Theresa Scrivener, who has six followers and has tweeted nine times in eight years. Around 20 minutes later, he deleted the tweet and replaced it with one tagged with the British prime minister's official account, the Telegraph reports. May, who the AP describes as having "been under pressure to condemn Trump directly" while on a surprise trip to the Middle East, on Thursday called Trump's retweets "the wrong thing to do." After Trump tweeted the videos from ultranationalist group Britain First, some British lawmakers called for his state visit to be called off; Politico reports London Mayor Sadiq Khan called it "increasingly clear that any official visit at all from President Trump to Britain would not be welcomed." But a May spokesman told reporters plans had not changed, saying the US "is one of our oldest and closest allies." The AP looks at the stickiness that would be involved in rescinding the invitation—the queen would have to do so—but notes one potential route: delaying the visit due to the queen's busy spring, with a new great-grandchild expected and Prince Harry's wedding scheduled. Trump's tweet was also condemned by both Democrats and Republicans, with GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch describing May as "one of the great world leaders."