The U.K. government should reassess its invitation to U.S. President Donald Trump for a state visit later this year, according to London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
Khan's office initially responded to Trump's criticism by saying Khan had "more important things to do than respond to Donald Trump's ill-informed tweet that deliberately takes out of context his remarks", the Guardian reported. Trump misinterpreted Khan's statement telling Londoners they should not be alarmed to see increased police presence in the city after the events.
He took the Mayor of London's quotes out of context, and even when corrected, argued that Khan was making a "pathetic excuse".
As well as mocking Khan, Trump sought to turn the London attacks to domestic political advantage by renewing his call to ban travel from some Muslim-majority countries.
Khan told Channel 4 that there were "many things" that the US President was wrong about, and that the state visit should not go ahead.
It is not the first time a call has been made to rescind Trump's invitation to visit the United Kingdom, as two million people signed a petition in January calling for a temporary "POTUS ban".
Donald Trump Jr, who along with brother Eric is running the Trump business while his father is president, told ABC News that leaders should not keep appeasing terrorism.
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MP David Lammy also agreed that Trump's state visit should be called off, as he responded to Trump's post with the below message. "I think the media wants to spin it that way".
London mayor Sadiq Khan, the latest target of Trump's unjustified Twitter ire.
Then, on Sunday, Trump doubled down on the attack, in what may be the worst tweet of his presidency.
Several commentators have accused Trump of attacking Khan because he is the first Muslim mayor of a European capital, contrasting the tweets with his support for Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Manchester, after the Manchester Arena bombing.
"We aren't going to allow anybody, whether it's Donald Trump or anybody else, to divide our communities", Khan said.
However, Johnson, the previous mayor of London, added that Khan was right in reassuring citizens about the presence of armed officers.
Prime Minister Theresa May has faced criticism from Labour and from within her own ranks about her early visit to Washington to meet with the President just days after his inauguration in January, and her invitation of a state visit.
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