Oval Office chimp's uncouth response to the London attacks

silvermani wrote:Instead of stoking fear, he should stoke joy and happiness and urge the London mayor to make sure supply of hal'a'a'l meat is not interrupted.

A traditional president would have reacted carefully to the London Bridge terrorist attack by instilling calm, being judicious about facts and appealing to the country’s better angels.


But Donald Trump is no traditional president. He reacted impulsively to Saturday night’s carnage by stoking panic and fear, being indiscreet with details of the event and capitalizing on it to advocate for one of his more polarizing policies and to advance a personal feud.

“At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is ‘no reason to be alarmed!’ ” Trump tweeted.

Trump took Khan’s quote out of context. The mayor had urged Londoners, in a BBC interview that was replayed, not to be “alarmed” by an increased police presence in the city. He said that after condemning the “deliberate and cowardly attack” as “barbaric.”

A Khan representative swatted away Trump’s taunt, saying in a statement that 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.”

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

silvermani wrote:Instead of stoking fear, he should stoke joy and happiness and urge the London mayor to make sure supply of hal'a'a'l meat is not interrupted.

Since you have no interest in engaging with the substance of the article, other than to throw rhetorical bombs, here are the substantive parts of the article cut and pasted for the benefit of those who won't bother to click the link.

A traditional president would have reacted carefully to the London Bridge terrorist attack by instilling calm, being judicious about facts and appealing to the country’s better angels.


But Donald Trump is no traditional president. He reacted impulsively to Saturday night’s carnage by stoking panic and fear, being indiscreet with details of the event and capitalizing on it to advocate for one of his more polarizing policies and to advance a personal feud.

“At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is ‘no reason to be alarmed!’ ” Trump tweeted.

Trump took Khan’s quote out of context. The mayor had urged Londoners, in a BBC interview that was replayed, not to be “alarmed” by an increased police presence in the city. He said that after condemning the “deliberate and cowardly attack” as “barbaric.”

A Khan representative swatted away Trump’s taunt, saying in a statement that 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.”

If you're gearing up to write a tweet about how Britain ‘needs’ hundreds of thousands of guns – thanks for your concern, but jog on
— Samantha Shannon (@say_shannon) June 4, 2017

Dear NRA nuts telling us guns will help us: more Americans die from firearms every week than last 3 London terror attacks combined.
— John Niven (@NivenJ1) June 4, 2017

They had to use knives and a truck because they couldn't get hold of guns. Imagine the carnage if they had & had returned police fire. https://t.co/1KiDnZzOUk
— Robert Harris (@Robert___Harris) June 4, 2017

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:Orange Chimp gets no respect from anyone other than his hardcore followers. Certainly precious few outside the U.S.

silvermani wrote:Hypocrites with double standards get no respect anywhere in the world - except among their own.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:If the intent is stop Islamic terror, why aren't Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on the list? Those of us who see through this vapid travel ban sound like broken records but really why aren't the countries that supplied the majority of 9/11 terrorists and the one that sheltered Bin Laden not on the list?

SomeProfile wrote:

The Mayor of London revealed he had a “sleepless night” after the recent bombing in New York, and said major cities around the world “have got to be prepared for these sorts of things” to happen when people least expect them.

“That means being vigilant, having a police force that is in touch with communities, it means the security services being ready, but it also means exchanging ideas and best practice”, Mr Khan told the Evening Standard shortly before a meeting with New York mayor Bill de Blasi

“Nothing is more important to me than keeping Londoners safe,” Mr Khan said at the time. “I want to be reassured that every single agency and individual involved in protecting our city has the resources and expertise they need to respond in the event that London is attacked.

“The terrorists are evolving their tactics and we have got to evolve our response to them all the time. I am afraid the consequences of a terror attack are very very scary. They want to kill. They want to maim and terrify. It is my job to try to make sure that we are as safe as we can be.”