--- 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: 2026-02-23T05:15:43.443Z 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Calls London Mayor Sadiq Khan 'Pathetic' After Attack by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jun 5, 2017 2:56 PM UTC  Alex Brandon, Isabel Infantes—AP 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. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4805285/donald-trump-twitter-london-attack/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4805285/donald-trump-twitter-london-attack/"},"headline":"President Trump Calls London Mayor Sadiq Khan 'Pathetic' After Attack","datePublished":"2017-06-05T14:56:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:15:43.443Z","description":"Trump has wrongly suggested Khan said there was \"no reason to be alarmed\" by the attack","url":"https://time.com/4805285/donald-trump-twitter-london-attack/","keywords":["Donald Trump","White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd46b9734210926f/6988d0207cdbacd5c4d589cf/trump-london-mayor.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd46b9734210926f/6988d0207cdbacd5c4d589cf/trump-london-mayor.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"trump-london-mayor","caption":"trump-london-mayor","creditText":"Alex Brandon, Isabel Infantes—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4805285/donald-trump-twitter-london-attack/","name":"President Trump Calls London Mayor Sadiq Khan 'Pathetic' After Attack"}}]}] ```