Trump Mocks London Mayor Sadiq Khan for Urging Calm in Wake of Attack
Source: Haaretz
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Sunday, after the mayor urged city residents to remain calm following a deadly terrorist attack in the British capital.
"At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is "no reason to be alarmed!"" Trump tweeted, several hours after promoting his controversial travel ban as an extra level of security for Americans in light of the attack.
Trump was presumably responding to a statement issued by the mayor earlier on Sunday. "The situation is still unfolding and I would ask all Londoners and visitors to our city to remain calm and vigilant," the statement said.
"We don't yet know the full details, but this was a deliberate and cowardly attack on innocent Londoners and visitors," Khan said. "I condemn it in the strongest possible terms. There is no justification whatsoever for such barbaric acts," he added.
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Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/us-news/1.793592
Of course Trump's in favor of panic and overreaction. His cheerleaders on Fox News have been pushing the idea of internment camps this morning, giving a podium to Brit RWNJ Katie Hopkins, who's also been attacking London's mayor.
ananda
(28,885 posts).. has put 45 on full ignore.
FakeNoose
(32,823 posts)Tweet: After acts of unspeakable cruelty & cowardice, the people of London & the UK choose resolve over fear. Your friends in the US stand w/ you. (see link)
Of course Gasbag 45 doesn't have a clue what to say to America's Greatest Ally, so he should just STFU.
BumRushDaShow
(129,668 posts)Bannon has apparently taken over the WH communications operation (including the twitter feed) and you can see the shift in tweet content, interspersed with his own. In fact, after the ridiculous (Bannon-created) tweet from last night, a sudden "Whatever we can do to help London and U.K." tweet suddenly appeared.
Don't be fooled - Drumpf's "War Room" propaganda machine is up and running and now using his twitter account.
7962
(11,841 posts)scatterbrained, silly & stupid
C_U_L8R
(45,025 posts)That's the only trick in the Trump playbook.
Unfortunately, it works really well on the weak-minded.
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)"be calm", or "freak out!"
I read that Donnie wants to be like Churchill. ha.ha.ha.
SunSeeker
(51,746 posts)So much for Trump's earlier tweet offering his support to the UK. It was pretty clear he did not mean nor write that himself.
Putin must get a woody watching Trump abuse our NATO allies.
Zoonart
(11,887 posts)KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON is their effin'motto!
Stuart G
(38,453 posts)Zoonart
(11,887 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)...for centuries, devastated by German bombing in 1940 and 1941.
Nevertheless they persisted.
I remember hearing this song when I was very young, played by my British grandmother:
Hekate
(90,867 posts)This spirit is not gone, nor obsolete.
Kittycow
(2,396 posts)That encourages not giving up also I think.
SusanaMontana41
(3,233 posts)Perfect time for an impulsive, bombastic child to have his finger on the button.
Danmel
(4,932 posts)What works better in radicalization than targeting Muslims and immigrants (despite the inconvenient truth that last number of attacks were carried out by home grown terrorists)?
What would make these terrorists happy than to strike on American soil to give the"tough politically incorrect" American bully the middle finger, and give him the cover he wants to suspend civil liberties.
This reaction is practically begging for them to strike here.
LakeArenal
(28,858 posts)lark
(23,166 posts)It'll be 1-2 days prior to the travel ban being heard in SCOTUS.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,390 posts)So Fox is as low as whale shit ...
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,050 posts)Bengus81
(6,936 posts)I want to see what a MILLION or MORE protestors looks like. Hey...you could set a Guiness record for the MOST protestors in one place for a US President.
SunSeeker
(51,746 posts)raven mad
(4,940 posts)raging moderate
(4,311 posts)Or maybe he just didn't read that far into the sentence.
47of74
(18,470 posts)It's that simple.
question everything
(47,544 posts)Keep doing this and I hope that someone is collecting all of this to justify implementing Amendment 25.
No, I don't with for Penny Pence but at least he will not embarrass us to the world. I hope.
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)Ok, let's have millions of people all in PANIC on the streets, whether in London or NYC?
What a jerk. The Mayor of London is a Muslim. Read between the lines of Trump's statement.