'We did it': Former Ku Klux Klan leader congratulates Donald Trump on becoming President of the United States

'We did it': Former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan congratulated Donald Trump on becoming US President
Twitter/David Duke
Fiona Simpson20 January 2017

The former "Grand Wizard" of the Ku Klux Klan has congratulated Donald Trump on being sworn in as US President and said: “We did it”.

White nationalist David Duke, ex-leader of the notorious racist movement, publicly backed the business man during the race to the White House.

In a tweet posted just moments after President Trump finished his inauguration speech, Mr Duke wrote: “We did it! Congratulation Donald J. Trump President of the United States of America!”

Trump was sworn in as 45th President of the US on Friday replacing outgoing Barack Obama.

Following the closest fought battle to the White House in a decade, Mr Duke tweeted in November: “This is one of the most exciting nights of my life -> make no mistake about it, our people have played a HUGE role in electing Trump!”

In other messages sent out on the social media site, Mr Duke said the new President now has the chance “to become one of the greatest Americans to have ever lived”.

Mr Duke is also the author of books called “Jewish Supremacism” and “My Awakening: A Path to Racial Understanding”.

'God bless Trump': Former KKK leader and Trump supporter David Duke.
AP

In 2000 he famously met with the British National Party’s then-leader Nick Griffin.

The official newspaper of the KKK, the Crusader, had previously embraced Mr Trump’s fierce campaign and used his slogan, “make America great again”.

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