But Donald Trump Jr. argued Khan had also engaged the president - potentially a reference to Khan's past criticism of Trump's proposed U.S.travel ban on people from six Muslim majority countries.
"I don't think we should roll out the red carpet to the president of the USA.in the circumstances where his policies go against everything we stand for", Khan told United Kingdom broadcaster Channel 4 on Monday evening. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan closes his eyes as he joins London Ambulance workers in observing a minute's silence at the London Ambulance Service headquarters at Waterloo, central London, in honour of the London Bridge terror attack. "Even the USA ambassador to London broke ranks with Trump by tweeting, "...
Donald Trump Jr. has appeared on ABC News to join in with his father's bashing of London Mayor Sadiq Khan following the London bridge attack. In a series of tweets, Trump misconstrued a statement by the mayor saying there was "no reason to be alarmed" over increased police presence in the city. Khan's spokesman said he was too busy to respond to Trump's "ill-informed" tweet.
Mayor Sadiq Khan, the first Muslim leader in London, has always been the subject of insult and pointing fingers for Trump.
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Speaking to the BBC on Monday, Mr Khan dismissed Mr Trump's remarks.
Trump's obsession with Twitter is hurting not only his agenda, but also that of the conservative movement, which had hoped to make substantive progress under this president. Trump proved to be the ideal distraction from facing a reality they'd rather ignore. In June 2016, former Fox host Bill O'Reilly saidthere is a "huge Muslim component in England", including London's "Muslim mayor", that contributed to the country's decision to leave the European Union, saying "I think that the British people have had it, and they fear terrorism".
More than 1.8 million people have signed an online petition saying Trump should not make the state visit as it "could cause embarrassment" to the monarch. "I really couldn't be bothered about what Donald Trump tweets". We're going to hold fast and we're going to keep calm and carry on.' Maybe we have to keep calm and actually do something.
British author J.K. Rowling said on Tuesday that if a state visit did go ahead, Trump's tweets related to the attack should be enlarged and shown wherever he goes.
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