Posted on 07/14/2018 5:15:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
London Mayor Sadiq Khan slammed President Trumps criticism of him as preposterous after allowing a giant Trump balloon at anti-Trump protests in London, but critics question whether the mayor should be devoting his energy to tackling crime rather than embarrassing the city in front of the whole world.
Trump reignited the feud with Khan in an interview with The Sun newspaper, saying the Mayor of London has done a terrible job when it comes to terrorism and crime. I think he has done a bad job on crime, if you look, all of the horrible things going on there, with all of the crime that is being brought in, he said.
Khan called the comments preposterous on the BBCs Today program on Friday, claiming that violent crime has risen across the country and London has been forced to tackle the issue with a smaller police budget.
But crime in London persists on epidemic proportions as murder rate soared by 44 percent, with 157 homicides committed compared to 109 the previous year, according to official statistics from the Metropolitan Police.
A former ambassador to the U.S., Sir Christopher Meyer, was the victim of a violent attack against him at a central London underground station this week. Im absolutely shocked by the level of the brutality, his wife, Baroness Meyer, told the Times of London. They really beat him. Its appalling like something you would see in a war zone....
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Ha ha. These people are truly stupid.
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