Government

Trump Can't Stop Attacking London

The president’s criticism of Mayor Sadiq Khan’s response to the latest terror attack has put Prime Minister Theresa May in a very tight spot.  
Testing the limits of the Special Relationship: London Mayor Sadiq Khan (right) has said that the UK should cancel an upcoming state visit by President Donald Trump.Reuters

President Trump should not get a state visit to Britain. So said London Mayor Sadiq Khan last night, following Trump’s Twitter comments castigating Mayor Khan for his response to the horrific attacks in London on Saturday. Talking to Britain’s Channel Four News, the mayor said:

Trump’s response so far to the London attacks has gone down extremely badly with the Londoners Mayor Khan represents, drawing scorn even from Britain’s most right-wing newspapers. They came just three days before an election in which the government’s muted response to Trump has in itself become a potential vote-loser. The issue is also a telling bellwether detailing just how complicated Britain’s international position has become after last June’s Brexit referendum.