How Trump-May Twitter spat will affect the special relationship

PM repeats that the President was wrong to retweet far-right videos - but says the state visit is still on

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Theresa May was the first foreign leader to meet the then newly inaugerated President Trump back in January
(Image credit: Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Theresa May today repeated her criticism of Donald Trump’s decision to retweet videos posted by a British far-right group but insisted that Britain’s invitation for a presidential state visit remained open.

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