Britain’s Abu Hamza al-Masri, who has been jailed in the United States, has sent a correspondence stretching over 40 pages to US President Donald Trump, the Sunday Times reported.
“As endorsements go, it is one that even the leader of the free world might balk at,” the newspaper reported.
The correspondence offers advice on how the man he calls “POTUS-T” should deal with his perceived adversaries.
The mail, posted to the White House earlier this year, includes a new photograph of Abu Hamza, in which he is seen smiling as he sits cross-legged in the prison yard at ADX Florence in Colorado, said the report.
He refers to himself in the letter by both his real name, Mostafa Kamel Mostafa, and his nom de guerre.
He shares the president’s hostility towards Robert Mueller, the former FBI chief investigating Russian interference in American elections. Describing the probe as a “witch-hunt” intended to depose Trump, Abu Hamza encourages the president to continue regardless in his “noble mission”.
“The surprising correspondence ... has emerged in US court filings as he appeals against his life sentence for terrorism offenses,” said The Times.
In his letter, Abu Hamza complains that he is subjected to “sleep deprivation” by having “mechanical squeechy [sic] sounds and computer sound files” constantly pumped into his cell. But the 60-year-old hook-handed man insists his moan is not an attempt to influence the president in his appeal.
The newspaper says mockingly there are not prospects that Abu Hamza would receive any response from Trump.
“The president’s preferred method of communication is Twitter — but Abu Hamza is barred from access to the internet and social media in prison,” it said.
