Washington,
\nThe White House on Thursday came out in defence of US President Donald Trump who retweeted anti-Muslim videos from a far-right British account, arguing that he has been talking about national security issues for long.<\/p>\n
Trump on Wednesday took the social media by storm when he retweeted inflammatory anti-Muslim videos by Britain First, a group founded in 2011 by former members of the far-right British National Party.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe President has been talking about these security issues for years now, from the campaign trail to the White House. He talked about them yesterday at the pool spray. He\u2019s going to continue to talk about them on Twitter, he\u2019s going to talk about them in speeches, he\u2019s going to talk about them in policy\u2026,\u201d White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah told reporters aboard Air Force One.<\/p>\n
Shah was accompanying Trump en route to St Louis, Missouri, where the US president was scheduled to deliver a major speech on middle-class tax relief and business tax relief.<\/p>\n
Shah underscored that safety and security were priorities of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook, we are now looking at the possibility of a difficulty in passing government funding legislation because of disagreements on immigration policy. The Democrats\u2019 priority is amnesty. Our priority is safety and security,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s move drew criticsm from The Downing Street which said the US president was \u201cwrong\u201d to retweet the controversial videos.<\/p>\n
Responding to a question on the British Prime Minister\u2019s office condemning Trump\u2019s retweets, Shah said, \u201cThe president has greatest respect for both the people of Britain and Prime Minister Theresa May.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are going to be focusing on … safety and security for the American people. We\u2019re talking about extreme vetting policies, ensuring that individuals who come to the United States do not pose either a public safety or a terrorism threat, and the other measures that we want to take,\u201d Shah said.<\/p>\n
To butteress his contention, Shah reiterated the need to end the visa lottery system, that allows individuals to come to the US, and replace it with a merit-based system. He noted that the terrorist who killed eight individuals in New York City last month came to the US through the visa lottery system.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo the President is going to continue talking about these issues because they\u2019re important for the safety and security of this county,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Shah strongly refuted allegations that Trump is anti- Muslim.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe president has addressed these issues with the travel order that he issued earlier this year and the companion proclamation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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