Trump Tweets To Wrong Theresa May, Offers British Prime Minister Governance Advice

President Donald Trump on Wednesday fired back at British Prime Minister Theresa May on Twitter, asking her to focus on “terrorism” in the U.K. in response to her retweet about far-right videos on the social media website. The president, in his tweet, asked May to focus on her country as the U.S. is doing “just fine.”

Except, originally, the president instead of tagging the British prime minister, ended up tagging another Theresa May who has a private account on Twitter. After realizing his mistake a few minutes later, Trump sent out another tweet without changing the contents of the original tweet and directed it to the correct account. The president's tweet directed towards the wrong Theresa May stayed on the social media website for about 20 minutes before he changed it.

Check out his tweet here.

The Twitter handle on which the president sent out the message belongs to a woman named Theresa Scrivener who has six followers on Twitter, the New York Daily News reported.

But even after Trump deleted the tweet, Twitterati was not too late to realize what the president had done and call him out for it.

Check out some tweets here.

Some users also blasted Trump for giving governance advise to May.

Trump’s message came after May’s spokesperson criticised the President for his retweets. In a statement as per a report in the Guardian, the spokesperson said: “Britain First seeks to divide communities by their use of hateful narratives that peddle lies and stoke tensions. They cause anxiety to law-abiding people. British people overwhelmingly reject the prejudiced rhetoric of the far right which is the antithesis of the values this country represents, decency, tolerance, and respect.” May’s spokesperson also said that it was "wrong for the president to have done this."

In response to the President's retweets, White House spokesperson Sarah Sanders said, “Whether it’s a real video, the threat is real. [Trump’s] goal is to promote strong border security and strong national security. The threat is real, the threat needs to be addressed and the threat has to be talked about and that’s what the president is doing in bringing that up.”

Trump on Wednesday retweeted three anti-muslim videos that were posted by a British far-right group.

Trump, who boasts of 43.5 million followers on the social networking site retweeted videos, one of which showed a group of Muslims pushing a boy off a roof.

The videos were shared by a Twitter user named Jayda Fransen who is the deputy leader of Britain First, a far-right group.

Reports suggest that the group was formed in the year 2011 by former members of far-right British National Party (BNP). Fransen has been charged in the U.K. for using "threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior", as reported by BBC News. Reports state that Fransen was also found guilty of religiously aggravated harassment for verbally abusing a Muslim woman wearing a hijab earlier this month.

In response to Trump's retweets, a lot of Twitter users slammed and accused him of spreading hatred and trying to legitimise the far-right in Britain.

A Twitter user by the name, Cass Blakeman tweeted: “Sadly, not unsurprising ... Confirms his own fascist views. Incredible & terrifying Donald Trump has the confidence to openly retweet Britain First.”

While another user named, Aoife Marie O'Regan wrote: “'He's beyond salvation. Beyond any help. The biggest security threat to America and the world. He's like a two-year-old constantly reaching for something, damaging it and then moving on to something else and destroying it' @officialmoz on Trump #morrissey.”

Check out a few more tweets here.

However, Trump’s retweet was appreciated by Britain First which is a political organization with a British ultranationalist ideology.

Check out their tweet here.