Trump Slams London Mayor In Wake Of Terror Attack

President Donald Trump took aim at the mayor of London, slammed political correctness and said the courts need to reinstate the travel ban in a series of tweets following the terrorist attacks in London that left seven people dead and injured four dozen.

"We need to be smart, vigilant and tough. We need the courts to give us back our rights. We need the Travel Ban as an extra level of safety!" Trump tweeted as news of the attacks was developing. In a follow-up tweet, he offered support to the United Kingdom and said the U.S. stood with Britain in wake of the attack.

On Sunday morning, Trump took aim at political correctness and the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.

"We must stop being politically correct and get down to the business of security for our people. If we don't get smart it will only get worse," he tweeted. He then directed his attention to Khan.

"At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is 'no reason to be alarmed!'" his tweet read.

As noted by the New York Times, Trump was referring to an interview Khan did with the BBC. However, Trump seemed to have put Khan's comments out of context.

"There aren't words to describe the grief and anger that our city will be feeling today, I'm appalled and furious that these cowardly terrorists would deliberately target innocent Londoners and bystanders just enjoying their Saturday night," Khan said in the interview. "There can be no justification for the acts of these terrorists and I'm quite clear that we'll never let them win, nor will we allow them to cower our city or Londoners."

Khan then went on to reassure the residents of London that they would be seeing an increased police presence today and over the course of the next few days but there was "no reason to be alarmed" by the additional police presence.

"I'm reassured that we are one of the safest global cities in the world, if not the safest global city in the world," Khan said. "But we always need to evolve and review ways to make sure that we remain as safe as we possibly can."

In a statement to the Times, a spokesperson for Khan said the mayor has more important things to do than respond to the tweet.

“He 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,” the statement to the Times read.

In March, after a terror attack in London left six people dead, the president's son, Donald Trump Jr., took aim at Khan, tweeting a link to an article in a British newspaper that quoted Khan as saying that terrorist attacks were a part of living in the big city.

"You have to be kidding me?!" the younger Trump tweeted in March. "Terror attacks are part of living in big city, says London Mayor Sadiq Khan."

However, that quote by Khan was also taken out of context. At the time, Khan was urging Londoners to stay vigilant. Terrorism preparedness, the mayor said in real life, was “part and parcel of living in a great global city.”

The attack in London left seven people dead and injured four dozen more, many of whom are in serious condition. Two police officials were among those injured. Three of the suspects were shot and killed by police shortly after the attack. The attack came during the same month that a bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester that left 22 people dead and just a day before Grande was returning to Manchester to perform a benefit concert for the victims.

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Photo: London Mayor Sadiq Khan by Policy Exchange via Flickr Creative Commons