{"id":325767,"date":"2017-06-06T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=325767"},"modified":"2017-06-06T06:00:08","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T06:00:08","slug":"trump-renews-feud-with-london-mayor-over-terror-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=325767","title":{"rendered":"Trump renews feud with London mayor over terror attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

US President Donald Trump has again lashed out at London Mayor Sadiq Khan over his assurances to Londoners following Saturday’s terror attack.<\/p>\n

He accused Mr Khan of offering a “pathetic excuse” for saying there was no reason for people to be alarmed.<\/p>\n

Mr Khan had in fact said people should not be alarmed by an increased police presence.<\/p>\n

After a vigil for the victims of the attack, Mr Khan said he would not allow Mr Trump to “divide our communities”.<\/p>\n

Seven people were killed and 48 others injured in the attack on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump took issue with Mr Khan’s statement in the aftermath of the attack, when the mayor said: “Londoners will see an increased police presence today and over the course of the next few days. No reason to be alarmed.”<\/p>\n

The US president responded: “At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is ‘no reason to be alarmed!'”<\/p>\n

He followed this up with another tweet on Monday, saying: “Pathetic excuse by London Mayor Sadiq Khan who had to think fast on his “no reason to be alarmed” statement. MSM [mainstream media] is working hard to sell it!”<\/p>\n

The mayor’s spokesman earlier made clear that he was telling Londoners not to be worried about the increased presence of armed police officers in the city.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to the BBC after the vigil, Mr Khan said: “We’ve got to recognise that some people want to divide our communities, some people thrive on fuelling division.<\/p>\n

“That’s not me, that’s not the London I know, and we aren’t going to allow anybody, whether it’s Donald Trump or anybody else to divide our community.”<\/p>\n

His spokesperson earlier said he “has more important things to do than respond to Donald Trump’s ill-informed tweet that deliberately takes out of context” the mayor’s remarks.<\/p>\n

Calls to withdraw London invite<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr Trump’s attacks on Mr Khan have drawn condemnation from both sides of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

His critics have accused him of being insensitive and twisting the mayor’s words.<\/p>\n

Politicians in the UK on Monday called on the prime minister to withdraw the invitation for Mr Trump’s state visit later this year.<\/p>\n

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The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Tim Farron, said: “This is a man insulting our national values at a time of introspection and mourning.”<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, Prime Minister Theresa May refused to criticise Mr Trump, simply saying that Mr Khan was doing a “good job”.<\/p>\n

British voters go to the polls on Thursday in a general election.<\/p>\n

“Try to imagine the UK prime minister attacking the Mayor of NYC the day after 9\/11,” said European Parliament cabinet member Simon O’Connor.<\/p>\n

US mayors back Khan<\/strong><\/p>\n

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio was quick to defend Mr Khan, praising him for “doing exactly the right thing”.<\/p>\n

“I don’t understand why Donald Trump is trying to undermine a man who’s trying to protect the people of London. It makes no sense,” Mr de Blasio told the BBC’s Nick Bryant during a press conference in New York on Monday. Trump renews feud with mayor of London<\/p>\n

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The US Conference of Mayors, representing more than 1,400 American cities, backed Mr Khan.<\/p>\n

“He has risen above this crisis of death and destruction, as mayors continue to do, to alleviate fear, to bring comfort to his people of London,” the mayors wrote in a statement on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Mr Khan, a Muslim, has previously criticised the president’s plans to temporarily restrict travel to the US from six mainly Muslim countries.<\/p>\n

After Mr Trump as a presidential candidate announced his plan, Mr Khan told the BBC he hoped he would “lose badly”, adding that he was a “buffoon”.<\/p>\n

He also called Mr Trump’s views on Islam “ignorant”, leading the New York billionaire to challenge him to an IQ test.<\/p>\n

In the wake of the London attack, Mr Trump has been tweeting about his stalled travel ban.<\/p>\n

Federal courts struck down the first proposal in January. The administration replaced it with a less stringent version order in March, but that also ended up in limbo after legal defeats.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the president attacked the Justice Department for revising the original measure, leaving it “watered down” and “politically correct”.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration is expected to take the proposal to the Supreme Court next week.<\/p>\n

He argues the measure is needed to prevent attacks in the US, but critics say the policy is discriminatory and has little national security justification.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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