June 05, 2017 01:52 PM UTC

Trump Sure Knows How To Comfort Our Closest Ally

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• by: Colorado Pols

CNN reporting on the one-man war of words against London Mayor Sadiq Khan waged by President Donald Trump in the aftermath of a terror attack in London this weekend–stunning for its pointless criticism of a public official trying to get his city back on track after a tragedy they didn’t ask for:

US President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Monday, a day after attacking his handling of the weekend’s terror attack in the city.

Trump, writing on Twitter Monday, said: “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!”

It is the second day that Trump has twisted the mayor’s words. In the immediate aftermath of the attack, Khan said there was “no cause for alarm” when referring to a visible increase in police activity on the streets of London…

After Trump’s first attack on Khan, the acting US ambassador to the UK, Lewis Lukens, notably singled out the London Mayor for praise.

“I commend the strong leadership of the @MayorofLondon as he leads the city forward after this heinous attack,” read a tweet from the US’ London embassy attributed to Lukens.

Trump’s context-free broadsides against Mayor Khan, who was in no way attempting to downplay the shock of this weekend’s vehicle and knife attack, stand in ugly contrast to the support the United States has received from Great Britain during terror attacks against this country. It’s just bizarre to see this kind of behavior from a sitting President of the United States, openly disparaging our nation’s closest ally and recklessly making an ass out of himself–as a viewer “pop quiz” from MSNBC’s Morning Joe makes painfully clear:

We’re really sorry about this, Britain. Nobody is getting used to it.