If you recall, the London mayor attacked Donald Trump during the election campaign. What do you expect him to do in return? Nothing? Trump.attacks back. That's who he is. If the mayor can't handle the heat, he shouldn't have said anything in the first place.
In the unlikely event you want to actually know what you are talking about I offer this article:
A Brief History of Trump's Feud With Sadiq KhanIt spans 18 months, an op-ed, several interviews and, of course, Twitter.
If it seemed strange for the president of the United States to engage in a Twitter spat with the mayor of London—a city that on Saturday night experienced the U.K.’s third terrorist attack this year—the feud did at least have a historical context. In fact, President Trump and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have been bickering in public since about a year and a half ago. Their feud can be traced to Trump’s call as a presidential candidate, following the attacks in Paris in November 2015, for a ban on Muslims from entering the U.S. A month later, following the attack in San Bernardino, California, Trump called for a “total and complete shutdown” of Muslims entering the country.
In May 2016, Sadiq Khan became London’s first Muslim mayor. Writing in the Observer that same month, Khan, the son of Pakistani immigrants to the U.K., accused David Cameron, then the prime minister, and Zac Goldsmith, Khan’s Conservative rival in the often-nasty mayoral race, of employing tactics “straight out of the Donald Trump playbook”—a reference to his rival’s attempt to paint him as an extremist.
When asked by Time on May 9 after winning the mayoral race, “What’s your view on a potential Trump presidency given his remarks on Muslims?” Khan replied:
Clearly [I’ll visit] before January in case Donald Trump wins ... I want to go to America to meet with and engage with American mayors. If Donald Trump becomes the President, I’ll be stopped from going there by virtue of my faith, which means I can’t engage with American mayors and swap ideas.
That same day, The New York Times asked Trump, at the time still a presidential candidate, what he thought of Khan’s victory. Trump said he was “happy” that London had elected its first Muslim mayor, and said “there will always be exceptions” to his proposed travel ban on Muslims. Trump also said Khan’s victory was a “very good thing … because I think if he does a great job, it will really—you lead by example, always lead by example. If he does a good job and frankly if he does a great job, that would be a terrific thing.”
On May 10, the BBC asked Khan what he thought Trump’s remarks that he would be an “exception” to the proposed ban. He replied: “I think Donald Trump has ignorant views about Islam. It’s not just about me. … It’s about my friends, family, and others, from all around the world … and my concern is he’s playing into the hands of extremists who say it’s not compatible to be Western and mainstream Muslim.”
And, as if to reinforce his rejection of Trump, Khan added he was supporting Hillary Clinton. “I hope that she trounces him,” he said. (Trump ultimately defeated her in last November’s presidential election.) But when asked whether he would do business with Trump, Khan replied: “I’m the mayor of London. … As the mayor of London, I’ll speak, within reason, to anybody if it’s in the best interests of our country.”
Six days later, Trump attacked Khan, saying it was the London mayor who was “ignorant,” and challenged Khan to an “IQ test.”
Personally, I would bet on London Mayor Sadiq Khan to win that battle...small hands=small mind :~)
Actually, it was Donny Jr that stepped in it more recently:
Fast-forward to March of this year, and it was Donald Trump, Jr., the president’s son, who criticized Khan in the aftermath of the deadly terrorist attack in the British capital. Trump, Jr., tweeted “You have to be kidding me?!” linking to an article in the Independent that quoted remarks Khan made to the Evening Standard. In those remarks, the London mayor said the threat of terrorism had become “part and parcel of living in a great global city. You’ve got to be prepared for these things. We’ve got to be vigilant. We’ve got to support the police. They’re doing an incredibly hard job. You’ve got to support the security services.” Trump, Jr., appeared not to have read the remarks completely.
So, I'm still waiting to see that "strong leader" you keep referring to...I just keep seeing a big bumbling orange idiot that keeps getting in his own way and flailing about like a person who finds himself terrified because he's in way, WAY over his head.
He doesn't have a clue how to be president and apparently refuses to listen to anybody who might. The two Steve's? all they want to do is wreck havoc and destroy our democracy. And that's not me just saying that:
Steve Bannon wants to destroy the Washington 'establishment' — and that could be Trump's undoingThe result has been chaotic and often disorganized, prompting satiric television sketches and accusations from veteran Washington hands that the administration is amateurish and inept. Trump's approval ratings fall by the day.
But what by conventional measures looks like a string of setbacks and misfires could to an ideologue like Bannon be proof that the administration is on the right track to achieving its goal — destroying what he calls the Washington "establishment." What's less clear is what might take its place.
"I'm a Leninist," Bannon once told the Daily Beast. "Lenin wanted to destroy the state, and that's my goal, too. I want to bring everything crashing down and destroy all of today's establishment."
"I'm a Leninist"? Really? That's somebody you want whispering in Trump's ear?
Trump is not a strong leader, he's a baffoon. And now the whole world knows it...particularly the citizens of the UK and London. Pretty sure Trump shouldn't plan on visiting any time soon, ya know?
The Guardian view on Trump’s state visit to the UK: his invitation should be rescindedKeep sticking your head in the sand Allan, all you're gonna get is sand in your eyes.
