Prez Trump takes a swipe at 'unalarmed' mayor

US President Donald Trump, in a flurry of Sunday morning tweets on the London attacks, criticised the city's mayor and bemoaned what he described as political correctness when it comes to national security. Trump went after London Mayor Sadiq Khan for saying there was "no reason to be alarmed". Khan did use those words in a television interview, but it was to reassure Londoners about a stepped up police presence they might see.

 "No reason to be alarmed. One of things the police and all of us need to do to make sure we are as safe as we possibly can be," Khan said. The president, who used his initial response late on Saturday to promote his travel ban that courts have blocked, returned again to national security. "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," Trump tweeted.

His first comment on Twitter late on Saturday was: "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!" In the final tweet in his morning series, Trump noted that the London attackers used a van to slam into pedestrians and then assaulted people with knives.

"Did you notice we are not having a gun debate right now? That's because they used knives and a truck." The London mayor's office said that Khan has "more important things to do" than respond to an "ill-informed" tweet sent by US President Donald Trump.

Source: Khaleej Times