Theresa May today hit back at Donald Trump's incendiary warning Britain is 'losing its culture' because of immigration.

The Prime Minister said that immigrants from all over the world have made a 'fantastic contribution' to life in the UK.

Although she also stressed that Britain will end free movement when the country quits the European Union.

Mr Trump has sent the Special Relationship into meltdown by trashing the PM's Brexit plans which he said killed off hopes of a transatlantic trade deal.

And he said warned Britain - and the rest of Europe - is 'losing its culture' by allowing 'millions and millions' of people to move in.

Donald trump (pictured at Chequers with Theresa May today) warned Britain - and the rest of Europe - is 'losing its culture' by allowing 'millions and millions' of people to move in.

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are welcomed at Blenheim Palace by Britain Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip May

Trump said that mass migration has changed Europe in a negative way - and that without quick action, it will never be the same again. Pictured: Migrants off the coast of Libya in 2015 at the height of the migration crisis

In a firm slap down this morning, he PM's official spokeswoman made it clear Mrs May does not share his view.

She said: 'On immigration, we have always said that people from all over the world have come here and made this country what it is and we welcome their contribution.

'Britain is one of the best countries in the world to come and live – but at the same time we want to put in place a system which ensures we have control of our borders and that is what we are going to do later this year.

'But let's be clear, this is a country where people come from all over the world and make a fantastic contribution.'

Mr Trump has rocked Westminster by giving an astonishing interview to The Sun lashing the PM policies on Brexit, immigration and her negotiating style.

On immigration, he said: 'I think it changed the fabric of Europe and, unless you act very quickly, it's never going to be what it was and I don't mean that in a positive way.

Mr Trump said: 'I think what has happened to Europe is a shame. Allowing the immigration to take place in Europe is a shame.' Pictured: Thousands of migrants move through Slovenia at the height of the migration crisis in 2015

'So I think allowing millions and millions of people to come into Europe is very, very sad.

'I think you are losing your culture. Look around. You go through certain areas that didn't exist ten or 15 years ago.'

Speaking to The Sun in Brussels before coming to Britain yesterday, Mr Trump said: 'I think what has happened to Europe is a shame.

'Allowing the immigration to take place in Europe is a shame.

He also said that crime was being 'brought in' to London and criticised Sadiq Khan - with whom he has clashed several times already - over his failure to prevent it.

His remarks come as concerns about the massive influx of immigrants into Europe threatens to torpedo the entire EU project.

Calls to end free movement and regain control of Britain's borders was one of the main reasons Britons voted to quit the EU in the 2016 referendum.

Millions of immigrants have fled war and poverty and been making the perilous journeys across the Mediterranean to try to find new homes in Europe.

And it has helped fuel the rise of populist parties across Europe over the past two years.

While in Germany, Angela Merkel's open door immigration policy nearly brought her leadership crashing down earlier this month.

The German Chancellor managed to cling on to power after striking a deal with her Coalition partners to bring in tougher controls.

The president added that he has 'great love' for European countries - particularly because he is 'essentially a product of the European Union'.

That is because his mother was Scottish and father was of German ancestry.

A contrite Mr Trump apologised to Mrs May for an interview in which he savaged her approach to Brexit and hailed Boris Johnson as a potential prime minister.

His outburst in yesterday’s Sun with the headline ‘May has wrecked Brexit... US deal is off!’ threatened to overshadow the entire visit.

Mr Trump said he would have conducted the Brexit negotiations ‘much differently’, that Mrs May had ignored his advice about handling Brussels and ‘went the opposite way’ and her plans for leaving the EU would ‘kill’ any future US trade deal. He even praised Mr Johnson just days after the former Foreign Secretary quit.

The remarks made for a tense atmosphere at the leaders’ joint Press conference at Chequers where he praised Mr Johnson again as a future leader.

Mr Trump first reached for one of his most famous accusations – that the report was ‘fake news’.

He argued his positive comments about Mrs May had not been included but later accepted the report was accurate. Eventually he revealed he had privately said sorry to the PM.

‘She’s a total professional because when I saw her this morning I said, “I want to apologise because I said such good things about you”. She said, “Don’t worry, it’s only the Press”. I thought that was very professional.’

The interview sparked a backlash from politicians on all sides. Labour’s foreign spokesman Emily Thornberry said it was ‘extraordinarily rude of Donald Trump to behave like this... rudeness upon rudeness upon rudeness’.