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Theresa May finally condemns Donald Trump over London terror attack comments - but says state visit still on
Theresa May has finally condemned US President Donald Trump’s Twitter attacks on London Mayor Sadiq Khan as “wrong”.
President Trump fired off a series of critical tweets over Mr Khan’s handling of the London Bridge terror attack, mocking the mayor’s comments that there was “no reason to be alarmed” over armed police on the streets.
Mr Khan has called for the US President’s planned state visit to the UK to be scrapped, but Mrs May has now said Mr Trump’s controversial trip will go ahead.
The row between Mr Trump and Mr Khan saw the US President dismiss criticism of his original post on the subject by redoubling his attack, accusing Mr Khan of making a “pathetic excuse”.
Yesterday, Mrs May fell short of criticising the President.
Asked if Trump was wrong about his assessment of the London Mayor, the Prime Minister told reporters: “I think Sadiq Khan is doing a good job and it’s wrong to say anything else – he’s doing a good job.”
But today, Mrs May was considerably more forthright.
“The relationship with America is our deepest and most important defence and security relationship,” she told The Sun.
“Having said that, I think Donald Trump is wrong in what he said about Sadiq Khan, in relation to the attack on London Bridge.
“We’ve been working with Sadiq Khan. When you’re working in the aftermath of an attack like that, party politics is put to one side.”
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Asked if Mr Trump’s official trip to Britain will go ahead, Mrs May said: “Yes”.
Mr Khan earlier said the state visit should be scrapped: “State visits are given to world leaders who have had a distinguished service, who have a track record, and in the circumstances, where Donald Trump as president had a Muslim ban, had changed the policies of the USA, the long-standing policies around refugees, in the circumstances when many British people disagree with many of Donald Trump’s policies, we shouldn’t be having a state visit.
“Of course we should carry on talking to Donald Trump, the USA are close allies of ours. We have a special relationship and we should work closely with the Americans.
The developments follow the refusal of Boris Johnson to jump to the London Mayor’s defence.
After initially saying Mr Khan was “entirely right” to make a statement after the attacks where he tried to comfort and calm down Londoners, Mr Johnson was then asked about President Trump’s state visit invite.
He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “The invitation has been issued and accepted and I see no reason to change that.”
Trump launched an astonishing attack on Mr Khan just hours after three terrorists killed seven people in London on Saturday night.
Donald Trump blasted the London Mayor on Twitter (Rex)
Mr Khan’s spokesman initially said the mayor had “more important things to do than respond to Donald Trump’s ill-informed tweet”.
He added yesterday: “The mayor is focused on dealing with Saturday’s horrific and cowardly attack and working with the police, the emergency services and the Government to keep London safe.”
Top pic: Rex
