Theresa May in Amman, Jordan today where she told members of the press that Britain

Theresa May insisted today that she was not afraid to tell the United States when it got things wrong after Donald Trump shared anti-Muslim videos posted on Twitter by a British far-right group.

The British ambassador to the United States also revealed that he had criticised Mr Trump hours after the president received an unprecedented rebuke in the Commons chamber.

The prime minister said that Britain First, whose Twitter post the president retweeted, was a “hateful organisation” that “seeks to spread division and mistrust among our communities”.

Trump retweeted unverified posts by a British farright group WHITNEY CURTIS/GETTY IMAGES

She said the group stood in opposition to British values of respect, tolerance and decency and stressed that British Muslims were “peaceful, law abiding people who have themselves been the victims of attack of terror by the far