That video @realDonaldTrump retweets of a Muslim boy beating up a Dutch boy turns out to be a video

[demmiblue]

Link to tweet

Erik Voeten‏ @ErikVoeten

That video @realDonaldTrump retweets of a Muslim boy beating up a Dutch boy turns out to be a video of a Dutch boy with dark hair beating up a Dutch boy with blond hair.

8:00 AM - 29 Nov 2017

[dalton99a]

1. The Trump cult doesn't care about details

or facts

[demmiblue]

5. Nope, not in the least.

[demmiblue]

2. Here is the translation of the article (Google Translate):

Trump kicks in fake news and retweet Dutch 'anti-Muslim video'

The American president Donald Trump retweeted a video this morning, showing how someone smites and abuses a boy on crutches. The original message is from the British politician Jayda Fransen and her caption was: "Muslim migrant strikes Dutch boy on crutches."

VIDEO: Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches! pic.twitter.com/11LgbfFJDq
- Jayda Fransen (@JaydaBF) November 28, 2017

The video appears to have originated in May and is from the Dutch site Dumpert. He is no longer there. According to weblog GeenStijl and De Telegraaf , the perpetrator was found and it turned out to be no Muslim or migrant at all.

Incidentally, Trump reticulated two other anti-Islam videos of Jayda Fransen this morning, who is vice-chairman of the extreme right-wing British group Britain First. Fransen was arrested in Northern Ireland earlier this month after insulting Muslims in a speech in Belfast.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. I don't think "reticulated" means what the writer thinks it means.

"constructed, arranged, or marked like a net or network.
as the pattern on a reticulated python.

[demmiblue]

8. It is not the writer, it is the translation.

Google Translate can be wonky. I only used it to give us the gist of the story.

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. ahhhh...I get it now... thanks.

[SweetieD]

3. What a disgusting thing to retweet in any case.

[demmiblue]

4. To me, the trio of tweets are the worst yet.

I thought I couldn't be shocked anymore, but I was. Sickening.

I know Twitter isn't going to do anything about it, but they should.

[moondust]

7. "Britain First"

is the radical RW group where these videos came from.

The “cowardly” killer of Jo Cox repeatedly shouted “Britain First” as he shot and stabbed the Labour MP [on June 16, 2016] a week before the European Union referendum, a court has heard.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jo-cox-murder-trial-tommy-mair-britain-first-thomas-mp-killer-court-latest-a7416021.html

[demmiblue]

9. The Netherlands Embassy has spoken:

Link to tweet

Netherlands Embassy Verified account @NLintheUSA

Replying to @JaydaBF @realDonaldTrump

.@realDonaldTrump Facts do matter. The perpetrator of the violent act in this video was born and raised in the Netherlands. He received and completed his sentence under Dutch law.

2:26 PM - 29 Nov 2017

[NCTraveler]

10. So Trump truly views this without blonde hair and blue eyes...

To be the enemy.

[Orsino]

12. "The threat is real." n/t