By — Associated Press Associated Press Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-lashes-out-at-wrong-theresa-may-account-on-twitter Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Trump lashes out at wrong Theresa May account on Twitter Politics Nov 30, 2017 8:58 AM EDT WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is lashing out at British Prime Minister Theresa May in a dispute over his tweets. Problem is, he initially picked on the wrong Theresa May. Trump was responding to May’s criticism of his decision to tweet anti-Muslim videos. Online archives of Trump’s tweets show the president tweeted Wednesday night to a Twitter user with the handle @theresamay. That user is identified as a woman with a different last name who has only six followers. That tweet was soon deleted and Trump sent a new message to May’s correct Twitter handle, @theresa_may. He told May not to focus on him and instead worry about “destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom.” .@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! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2017 Associated Press Writer Patrick Mairs in Philadelphia contributed to this story. READ MORE: We asked every senator for their reaction to Trump’s anti-Muslim retweets We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Associated Press Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is lashing out at British Prime Minister Theresa May in a dispute over his tweets. Problem is, he initially picked on the wrong Theresa May. Trump was responding to May’s criticism of his decision to tweet anti-Muslim videos. Online archives of Trump’s tweets show the president tweeted Wednesday night to a Twitter user with the handle @theresamay. That user is identified as a woman with a different last name who has only six followers. That tweet was soon deleted and Trump sent a new message to May’s correct Twitter handle, @theresa_may. He told May not to focus on him and instead worry about “destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom.” .@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! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2017 Associated Press Writer Patrick Mairs in Philadelphia contributed to this story. READ MORE: We asked every senator for their reaction to Trump’s anti-Muslim retweets We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now