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| Theresa May insists Donald Trump gave her no advance warning of his 'Muslim ban' on refugees | |
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| Theresa May has insisted she had no “advance notice” of Donald Trump’s looming announcement of a ban on refugees from Muslim-majority countries. | Theresa May has insisted she had no “advance notice” of Donald Trump’s looming announcement of a ban on refugees from Muslim-majority countries. |
| However, under pressure in the Commons, the Prime Minister insisted everyone was warned that some “travel restrictions” were coming – because the President said so, in his election campaign. | However, under pressure in the Commons, the Prime Minister insisted everyone was warned that some “travel restrictions” were coming – because the President said so, in his election campaign. |
| The carefully-phrased answer appeared to leave open the possibility that the controversy was discussed in some form, during the two leaders’ White House meeting last week. | The carefully-phrased answer appeared to leave open the possibility that the controversy was discussed in some form, during the two leaders’ White House meeting last week. |
| Ms May also failed to answer when Jeremy Corbyn demanded to know whether she had sought to “persuade” Mr Trump to step back from announcing his travel ban. | |
| She told the Labour leader: “If he is asking me whether I had advance notice of the ban on refugees, the answer is no. | |
| “If he is asking me if I had advance notice that the executive order could affect British citizens, the answer is no. | |
| “If he is asking if I had advance notice of the travel restrictions, the answer is we all did - because President Trump said he was going to do this in his election campaign.” | |
| The Prime Minister insisted that, what mattered, was “to protect the interests of British citizens – and that is exactly what she did”. | |
| At the weekend, Mr Trump signed an executive order, which halted the US refugee programme for 120 days and indefinitely banned all Syrian refugees. | |
| It suspended the entry of all nationals from seven mainly Muslim countries - Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, Libya and Syria - on national security grounds, the White House said. | |
| On Monday, Channel 4 News claimed that Ms May was tipped off in advance about the US travel ban, something Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson refused to answer questions about. | |
| The claim was potentially hugely damaging, after her initial refusal to criticise the announcement on Saturday – before, many hours later, No.10 said it was wrong. | |
| To the surprise of many MPs, Mr Corbyn did not continue to question Ms May about what was said in the White House – including whether she tried to influence Mr Trump on the travel ban. |