Spokesperson for British Prime Minister Theresa May condemns Donald Trump's anti-Muslim tweets from yesterday, so of course Trump fires back.

After those incendiary videos were retweeted by Trump yesterday, this was the response from the office of the British Prime Minister:

Within hours of the anti-Muslim films going up, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman tried to distance Number 10 from Mr Trump’s posts, saying: “It is wrong for the President to have done this.”

That of course inspired this tweet from Trump:

.@Theresa_May, don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2017

And that in turn had the Prime Minister responding with this just today:  

Speaking on a trip to Jordan, the PM replied to President Trump's public challenge made overnight on Twitter. 

She told reporters: "The fact that we work together, does not mean that we're afraid to say when we think the United States have got it wrong. 

"I am very clear that retweeting Britain First was the wrong thing to do."

Trump was also rebuked by the Netherlands Embassy which responded to yesterday's Islamophobic tweet storm with this:

.@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.

— Netherlands Embassy 🇺🇸 (@NLintheUSA) November 29, 2017

In other words the perpetrator was NOT an immigrant, but simply a bully taking advantage of a weaker peer for the entertainment of his friends who were filming him.

Trump's actions from the last 48 hours or so have brought the conversation about his mental health front and center, with the ghostwriter of "The Art of the Deal" even saying that people in the White House are "absolutely terrified" about what he might do next.

I guess those of us who have been occupying the "absolutely terrified" section of the bleachers are going to have to scoot over to make room for the late arrivals.

But not before we whisper under our breath, "It's about damn time!"

The Netherlands welcomes America's new president. In language that he will understand.

Funny, and sadly quite accurate in how they interpret Trump's thinking.

That's quite an accomplishment. Only in office for less than a week and already an international laughingstock. 

We are slowly moving towards cars that run on green energy but the Netherlands is tired of waiting.

Courtesy of Quartz: 

Gasoline-powered cars may soon be a thing of the past. But the Netherlands wants to get there quicker. 

The Dutch government is debating the possibility of banning new gas and diesel cars from 2025. The initial proposal, which was brought forward by the Labor Party, called for an outright ban of all petrol and diesel cars, but was eventually modified so the ban only affected the sale of new petrol and diesel cars. Traditional cars already in use will still run on the streets. 

The proposal has since passed in the lower house of the Netherlands’ parliament. It now needs to pass through the Dutch senate. 

The Netherlands already has one of the lowest levels of CO2 emissions from new cars in the European Union. The country has seen a recent surge in electric car sales, which reached an all-time high last December.

Just a reminder to Americans that in many cases we are falling far behind the times.

I love stories like this which talk about our future. It just gives me such hope.

Since this is a political blog it should be noted that our current President has done a great deal to push toward clean energy in this country.

And it should be noted that Hillary Clinton has promised to do even more.

Yes, the future is looking bright indeed.