UK PM May is focused on tackling extremism, spokesperson says in response to Trump

May has been clear that where Islamist extremism does exist it should be tackled head on

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May is fully focused on tackling extremism, her spokesman said on Thursday, responding to a tweet by US President Donald Trump telling her to focus on "destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism".

Asked if May was focused on tackling extremism: her spokesman said: "Yes." "The overwhelming majority of Muslims in this country are law-abiding people who abhore extremism in all its forms. The prime minister has been clear ... that where Islamist extremism does exist it should be tackled head on. We are working hard to do that both at home and internationally and ... with our US partners."