Theresa May calls Donald Trump 'go back' tweet 'completely unacceptable'

The US president shrugs off criticism for telling four politicians to return to their "broken and crime infested countries.

Theresa and Donald Trump May attend a joint news conference at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, in London

 

Theresa May has called comments by Donald Trump about oppositon congresswomen from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds "completely unacceptable".

The US president was criticised over a series of tweets in which he said female politicians in the Democratic Party should "go back and help fix" their "broken and crime infested countries".

In a follow-up post he called on them to apologise for the "foul language they have used" and "terrible things they have said".

Mr Trump did not name the congresswomen but appeared to refer to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.

All of them are US citizens and only Ms Omar, originally from Somalia, is foreign-born.

The US president said it was "so sad" Democrats had come out in support of the women.

He had written on Sunday: "So interesting to see 'Progessive' Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world... now loudly and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government should be run.