Donald Trump‘s Twitter account shared videos pushed out by the deputy leader of far-right group Britain First, which negatively portrayed Muslim’s.
Labour MP Chuka Umunna criticised the US President for retweeting the posts from Jayda Fransen on Wednesday and said that his visit to the UK should be cancelled.
The US President was originally offered a state visit but it was downgraded to a ‘working visit’ and pushed back into 2018.
Speaking on Sky News, Mr Umunna claimed the billionaire’s planned trip to the United Kingdom should now be cancelled indefinitely.
He said: “I don’t think that the President of the United States, a President who has not only promoted bigotry, misogyny and racism in his own country. I don’t think he is welcome here.
“I think the invite that has been made to him to come to our country in 2018 should be withdrawn.
“What we see here is the President retweeting and promoting the propaganda of a far-right racist bigoted group. Members of which have been arrested and convicted for promoting hatred in this country.
“I am absolutely astounded that a man, any person, in his position holding the office that he does should be promoting the propaganda of a far-right British group.
“I am just astounded by that. In many other situations, say if you had a recording artist coming over here or somebody else who was promoting this kind thing there would be real questions about whether they should be coming to our country.
“I certainty think that if we are seen to be in any way as a country endorsing this, I think we are going to be in very troubled waters… This is really quite something and even by his standards, is quite shocking.”
Posts retweeted by the US President included unverified videos titled: “Muslim Destroys a Statue of Virgin Mary!” and “Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches!”
Labour MP David Lammy was also outraged by the actions of the US President.
He wrote on Twitter: “Trump sharing Britain First. Let that sink in. The President of the United States is promoting a fascist, racist, extremist hate group whose leaders have been arrested and convicted. He is no ally or friend of ours. @realDonaldTrump you are not welcome in my country and my city.”
Current plans for the US President mean that he will no longer meet the Queen, a key part of state visits to Britain from major international leaders, when he comes to the UK in 2018.
Mr Trump’s first planned visit was postponed over the threat of mass protests if he arrived in the country.
Nearly 200 MPs signed an early motion opposing Mr Trump addressing both houses of Parliament, with Speaker John Bercow voicing his opposition to his visit during a session in the House of Commons.