Trump accuses London Mayor Khan of "pathetic excuse" over attack statement

Reuters ^ | 6/5/2017 | staff

[simpson96]

LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump accused London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Monday of making a "pathetic excuse" over one of his comments following the attack that killed seven people in London on Saturday night.

Khan had said on Sunday morning that people would see an increased police presence on the streets of the capital and should not be alarmed by that.

"Pathetic excuse by London Mayor Sadiq Khan who had to think fast on his 'no reason to be alarmed' statement. MSM is working hard to sell it!," Trump said in a Tweet. MSM referred to mainstream media.(snip)

Khan's lengthy statement on Sunday morning, heard in full by Reuters, strongly condemned the attack and gave a number of details about what had happened and what measures were being taken in response.

"Londoners will see an increased police presence today and over the course of the next few days. No reason to be alarmed. One of the things the police, all of us need to do is make sure we're as safe as we possibly can be," Khan said.

Khan, who belongs to the opposition Labour Party and is the first Muslim to be elected mayor of a major Western European city, is popular in London and his response to Saturday's killings has been widely praised as dignified.

Prime Minister Theresa May, the Conservative Party leader, was asked earlier on Monday about Trump's criticism of Khan.

"I think Sadiq Khan is doing a good job and it is wrong to say anything else," she said.

[demkicker]

Even after three terrorists attacks in the last month, after the London Bridge attack Khan said, "I'm reassured that we are one of the safest global cities in the world - if not the safest global city in the world". In the aftermath of the London Bridge attack, Khan also said, "there's no reason to be alarmed."

Khan is such a moron, Trump would have done better to use these quotes.

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May has to be careful. She probably did the right thing in this case.

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[toldyou]

Khan...the mayor of London...

“Sadiq Khan, Lawyer For Islamic Terrorists and Racists”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs0pF5bxB3A

[1Old Pro]

The globalist’s want us to accept this as the new normal, nothing to worry about. WE want to eliminate the terrorists and STOP letting them infiltrate our countries.

[RoseofTexas]

Oh boy!

[Parley Baer]

President Trump is right on target.

[tbw2]

London’s major is a fundamentalist Muslim, sympathetic to the Islamic terrorists.

Moderate Muslims are ‘Uncle Toms,’ says Muslim set to be London mayor
http://nypost.com/2016/05/06/london-set-to-elect-muslim-mayor-who-called-moderate-muslims-uncle-toms/

And that’s on top of saying you should just get used to terrorism as part of living in a big city.

[BuffaloJack]

The terrorists had a barbecue the day before the terror attack. Speculation Pork or Beef?

[Little Ray]

Khan ins not a moron.
He is an accessory and a co-conspirator.