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Donald Trump branded Britain's NHShospitals "a sea of blood" after the recent spate of knife crime.

The US President made the remarks during a wide-ranging interview with Piers Morgan on Good Morning Britain which aired this morning.

The world leader said: "In London you have stabbings all over.

"I read an article where everybody is being stabbed.

"They said your hospital is a sea of blood, all over the floors."

His made his comments just days after 13 people were killed when a crazed gunman went on a rampage in Virginia Beach in the latest mass shooting in the US.

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The tragedy was the 140th mass shooting in the US this year, which a crowdsourced database defines as four people or more being killed.

it is not the first time the billionaire has criticised the knife crime in the UK and the NHS in the past.

Last year, he described a "once prestigious" hospital in London as "a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds."

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Speaking at a public conference in Texas, he said: "I recently read a story that in London, which has unbelievably tough gun laws, a once very prestigious hospital, right in the middle, is like a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds.

"Yes, that’s right, they don’t have guns, they have knives. And instead there’s blood all over the floors of this hospital. They say it’s as bad as a military war zone hospital.

"Knives, knives, knives."

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Knife-related murders are at their highest level in England and Wales since records began in 1946.

Some 285 people were killed by knives and sharp instruments in 2017/18.

In that financial year, about 12,000 knife crime offences happened in London.

Knife crime in the capital has risen 24% since 2015/16.

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The US President also discussed global warming, international relations, and Theresa May in the candid interview with Piers Morgan.

The world leader met Mrs May yesterday and held a final joint press conference .

During the question and answer session, the US president claimed the NHS was on the table in a future trade deal between the US and the UK.

However, he later back tracked on his comments in the interview with Morgan that took placed shortly afterwards.

And yesterday in a passionate speech, Jeremy Corbyn praised the NHS.

Addressing a crowd of anti-Trump protesters, the Labour Leader said: "We will fight with every last breath of our body to defend the ­principle of a healthcare system free at the point of need for everybody as a human right."

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Trump will later join the Queen and Prime Minister Theresa May to honour those who fought in the D-Day landings 75 years ago during a national commemoration ceremony.

More than 60,000 members of the public are expected to attend the Portsmouth Naval Memorial for today's event, which marks the 75th anniversary of the biggest amphibious invasion in military history.

World leaders, royalty and hundreds of veterans will also be present.

And Theresa May will be making her final official appearances as Prime Minister during the D-Day commemorations.