--- title: Donald Trump Attacks London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Twitter description: President Donald Trump continued his Twitter tirade against London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Monday canonical: https://time.com/4805285/donald-trump-twitter-london-attack/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-05T14:56:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:05:30.920Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Is Still Attacking London's Mayor on Twitter og:description: Trump has wrongly suggested Khan said there was "no reason to be alarmed" by the attack og:url: https://time.com/4805285/donald-trump-twitter-london-attack/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd46b9734210926f/6988d0207cdbacd5c4d589cf/trump-london-mayor.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: trump-london-mayor og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Is Still Attacking London's Mayor on Twitter twitter:description: Trump has wrongly suggested Khan said there was "no reason to be alarmed" by the attack twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd46b9734210926f/6988d0207cdbacd5c4d589cf/trump-london-mayor.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Calls London Mayor Sadiq Khan 'Pathetic' After Attack > Sponsored content. 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A brief history of Donald Trump and Sadiq Khan's long-lasting feud_ by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jun 5, 2017 2:56 PM UTC by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jun 5, 2017 2:56 PM UTC President [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4783929/president-trump-loyalty-test/) continued [his Twitter tirade](http://time.com/4804457/london-attack-donald-trump-travel-ban/) against London Mayor [Sadiq Khan](http://time.com/4322562/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-donald-trump/) on Monday, accusing him of coming up with a “[pathetic excuse](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/871725780535062528)” for urging Londoners not to be alarmed by an increased police presence in the wake of a terrorist attack this weekend that killed seven and wounded dozens more. “Pathetic excuse by London Mayor Sadiq Khan who had to think fast on his ‘no reason to be alarmed’ statement. MSM is working hard to sell it!” the President said, referring to the “mainstream media.” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/871725780535062528) In the hours after the weekend attack, Trump had wrongly said Khan said there was “no reason to be alarmed” by the attack. But Khan’s urging for Londoners to stay calm clearly referred to the increased police presence that was coming, not the attack itself. In a statement to the [BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-40149117/london-attack-grief-and-anger-sadiq-khan) on Sunday, Khan said: “Londoners will see an increased police presence today and over the course of the next few days. No reason to be alarmed. One of the things police and all of us need to do is make sure we are as safe as we possibly can be. I’m reassured that we are one of the safest global cities in the world, if not the safest global city in the world.” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/871328428963901440) Khan has not engaged in Trump’s attacks, with a spokesperson saying 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.” Trump’s tweet on Monday appeared to respond to that statement from the Mayor’s office and the subsequent reporting on it. ## Transcript Cool them out when they're wrong. He told them they're wrong. There were many, many things Trump was wrong. And people say Trump was right. I don't want to be right. [ MUSIC ] We have places in London and other places that are so radicalized, that the police are afraid for their own lives. [ MUSIC ] I think Donald Trump has ignorant view about Islam. Donald Trump may well be the Republican candidate. You won't be surprised that I'll be back in the Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, who our special be. And I hope that she trounces him. Because he doesn't know me, never met me, doesn't know what I'm all about. I think they're very rude statements and frankly, tell him I will remember those statements. And some very nasty statements. My point to Donald Trump, with the greatest respect [ LAUGH ] to Donal Trump. Is that your views on Islam are ignorant. [ MUSIC ] I really couldn't have bothered about what Donald Trump tweets. I don't want to tell you this but, I really don't care. I've said for a long time that I think that the invitation from Prime Minister Theresa May to Donald Trump for a state visit Was premature. [ APPLAUSE ] [ MUSIC ] I think Donald Trump was wrong in the things that he has said about Sadiq Khan. We have, in the aftermath of the London Bridge attack, we have been working with Sadiq Khan, party politics are put to one side. We work together to ensure that the response of London is right. 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