In what is an incredibly distressing time for the London community, Donald Trump’s oldest son is being slammed for an inappropriate tweet about the attacks.
You have to be kidding me?!: Terror attacks are part of living in big city, says London Mayor Sadiq Khan https://t.co/uSm2pwRTjO
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) March 22, 2017
What a callous reaction from Sadiq Khan I hear you say – except it’s not.
It’s an article from seven months ago in which the mayor pleaded with Londoners to be vigilant about the dangers of living in a big city after a bombing in New York left him with “many sleepless nights”.
Khan said London had to be prepared for similar attacks and “that means being vigilant, having a police force that is in touch with communities, it means the security services being ready, but it also means exchanging ideas and best practice.”
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Donald Trump Jr’s choice to share the article with no context or reference to the publication date has been met with incredulity and derision from social media.
How dare you @DonaldJTrumpJr you take an article from @MayorofLondon from a year ago and do this at a time like this. #London
— Yasmin Khatun Dewan (@Yasm1nK) March 22, 2017
learn to read the article not just the headline you tangerine goblin spawn
— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) March 22, 2017
how DARE you post this as if he said it today.
— Marie Donn (@Marie_Donn) March 22, 2017
you dug this up specifically to garner twitter traffic when people are dying/ injured. How does this help? SAD [(c)Your Dad]
— Marie Donn (@Marie_Donn) March 22, 2017
Tom Coates was a little more direct with his dismissal of the president’s son’s tweet.
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Khan is right. These things happen. We fight against them. But we don't wildly over-react or let them change our way of life
— Tom Coates (@tomcoates) March 22, 2017
And we absolutely don't choose to scapegoat whole communities to make ourselves feel better. Now shut the hell up.
— Tom Coates (@tomcoates) March 22, 2017
The facts are still coming through about exactly what happened during the attacks and we’ll keep you updated.
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