Trump criticises London mayor on Twitter

Trump criticises London mayor on Twitter

By Vijay Narayan
05/06/2017
US President Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump, in a flurry of tweets on the London attacks, has criticised the city's mayor and bemoaned what Trump describes as political correctness when it comes to security.

The attacks killed seven people in a busy section of London and wounded about 50 people. The three attackers were shot dead by police and a further 12 people were arrested in east London raids.

Trump went after London Mayor Sadiq Khan for saying there was "no reason to be alarmed".

Khan did use those words in a television interview, but it was to reassure Londoners about a stepped up police presence they might see.

In a statement, one of Khan's aides said the mayor has more important things to do than respond to Donald Trump's ill‑informed tweet that deliberately takes out of context his remarks urging Londoners not to be alarmed when they saw more police ‑ including armed officers ‑ on the streets.

The US president, who used his initial response to the attacks to promote his travel ban that courts have blocked, returned again to the issue of US national security.

He says if they do not get smart it will only get worse.

Source: Stuff.co.nz

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