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CNN's Chris Cuomo compares Trump's disavowal of his audience's 13-second "Send her back!" chant to his previous disavowal of David Duke of the Ku Klux Klan. #CNN #News

A tense meeting between British Prime Minister Theresa May and German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ended abruptly after a frustrated May broke out a ‘two world wars and one world cup’ chant. The leaders were due to discuss Britain’s impending exit from the EU as well as future German investment in Britain. However, the meeting got off to an acrimonious start when May mentioned Germany’s exit from the 2018 World Cup. ‘Britain could certainly use some German advice on a quick and easy exit strategy,’ May is reported to have said. With May under increasing pressure – from both internal and external sources – some believe she might just have snapped completely when she busted out the ‘two world wars and one world cup’ chant. ‘The meeting was not going well and tensions were rising. I never expected Mrs May to jump on the table and start chanting like she was at a football match though,’ said one attending staffer. Since news of the meeting broke on BBC, Theresa May’s popularity has skyrocketed to an all-time high. There are now rumblings she intends to hold a snap election in a month’s time.

School Fears “USA” Chant Could be Intolerant and Offensive. There are a lot of patriotic students at Vista Del Lago High School in Folsom, California. Television station CBS 13 in Sacramento reports that school leaders feared the chants could come across as intolerant and offensive to some. “We can communicate an unintended message,” the school’s principal wrote in a letter to parents. What would the unintended message be – that young people still love the red, white and blue – that they want to make America great again? They just want young people to be more considerate when they chant. “To practice empathy, to practice kindness and to practice patriotism – you can do both,” Thigpen said. “To say USA, you know, we’re all the same,” student Ryan Bernal told the television station. “We’re all American. Perhaps the school district should be more concerned about the unintended message that sends.