From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Trump speaks to UK’s May for first time since Twitter row
WASHINGTON — A White House official says President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Theresa May of the UK spoke Tuesday morning for the first time since she condemned the American leader’s Twitter habits.
A British government spokesperson confirms the call.
A White House official, who was not authorized to discuss the call on the record, says the tweets did not come up during their call.
Trump’s sharing of unverified videos distributed by a far-right group Britain First claiming to depict violence perpetrated by Muslim immigrants in Europe sparked a row in the special relationship between the trans-Atlantic powers. A spokesman for May last month rebuked Trump, saying he was “wrong” to have shared the videos, prompting Trump to lash back at the prime minister.
— AP
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