Donald Trump Jr's Sadiq Khan Tweet Sparks Twitter Outrage After London Terrorist Attack

'This is not the time to be a cock.'
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Donald Trump Jr has been heavily criticised for goading Sadiq Khan in the wake of the terror attack in Westminster by misquoting an article from last year.

The son of the US President posted a tweet linking to a piece in which the Mayor of London discussed the risk of terrorism in the nation’s capital.

Trump Jr selectively referenced just the headline of the article which quoted Khan saying terror attacks were “part and parcel of living in a big city”.

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

It’s unclear if Trump Jr was aware the article was from last year or if he thought it was a response to yesterday’s tragic events.

The tweet was heavily criticised by a number of MPs and prominent commentators.

@DonaldJTrumpJr Go fuck yourself. As a Londoner who lived through the IRA, anti gay nail bombings and 7/7, this is not the time to be cock.

— Tom Coates (@tomcoates) March 22, 2017

Labour’s Wes Streeting branded him a “disgrace”.

@DonaldJTrumpJr You use a terrorist attack on our city to attack London's Mayor for your own political gain. You're a disgrace.

— Wes Streeting MP (@wesstreeting) March 22, 2017

Is this helpful @DonaldJTrumpJr? Did you even read the article before goading London's Mayor during a live incident?https://t.co/Sm68UOcJQG

— Ciaran Jenkins (@C4Ciaran) March 22, 2017

Reading the full article originally in the Evening Standard it’s clear Khan’s comment was part of an effort to urge Londoners to remain vigilant in the face of a constant terrorist threat.

@DonaldJTrumpJr how DARE you post this as if he said it today.

— Marie Donn (@Marie_Donn) March 22, 2017
Donald Trump Jr. (L) and Eric Trump.
Donald Trump Jr. (L) and Eric Trump.
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He said: “[We] have got to be prepared for these sorts of things.

“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.”

Headline is based on very first sentence, which if you'd bothered to read it could apply to any major city in the world. Key word: "threat" pic.twitter.com/u2S9WA7yoA

— Ciaran Jenkins (@C4Ciaran) March 22, 2017

@C4Ciaran the desperation of some (K Hopkins in Mail another) to link Sadiq Khan to this … what could their motivation be, I (don't) wonder

— Claire Phipps (@Claire_Phipps) March 23, 2017

@RiskyLiberal Went in & read some of the crap on @DonaldJTrumpJr page, He's a bigger jackass than his father. (Who knew that was possible?)

— Michelle (@MichelleLeaHyam) March 23, 2017

Many people pointed Trump Jr in the direction of Khan’s actual response after the attack.

Londoners will never be cowed by terrorism. pic.twitter.com/LTLhgZ7OLQ

— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) March 22, 2017

Later on Thursday morning he also tweeted about a tribute to happen in Trafalgar Square this evening.

Join us in Trafalgar Square at 6pm to remember the victims of yesterday’s attack and stand against terrorism. https://t.co/pnyYn6jNrE pic.twitter.com/YKI7W6cE4U

— Mayor of London (@MayorofLondon) March 23, 2017

Counter-terror detectives will continue searching for clues about how an armed attacker brought death and destruction to the streets of London, killing a police officer, three members of the public, and injuring dozens more.

Police last night named 48-year-old PC Keith Palmer as the unarmed police officer killed in Westminster, reports the Press Association.

The attacker, armed with two large knives, mowed down pedestrians with a car on Westminster Bridge, including schoolchildren, then rushed at the gates in front of the Houses of Parliament, stabbing Palmer before being shot dead by other officers.

Speaking this morning, Theresa May said those injured in the Westminster terror attack included 12 Britons, three French children, two Romanians, four South Koreans, two Greeks, and one each from Germany, Poland, Ireland, China, Italy and the United States.

Three police officers were also hurt, two of them seriously.

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