Boris Johnson rails against Sadiq Khan – backing Donald Trump visit after London attack
BORIS JOHNSON backed Donald Trump’s planned state visit despite calls by London mayor Sadiq Khan to cancel it after the US president criticised him after the London Bridge terrorist attack.
By CHRIS CAMPBELL
Express.co.uk
Tue, Jun 6, 2017
The foreign secretary said there was “no reason” to rescind Mr Trump’s invitation despite the Republican billionaire branding one of the mayor’s statements on the terror attack “pathetic”.
But Mr Johnson, the former Mayor of London, said the pair were able to “stick up for themselves”.
Speaking on the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4, he added Mr Khan was correct to reassure the public after the attack.
“As Mayor of London, Sadiq was perfectly right to reassure the public about the presence of armed officers on the street.”, he said.
Pushed on whether the President’s invite should be rescinded, he said: “The invitation has been issued and accepted and I see no reason to change that but as far as what Sadiq Khan has said about the reassurances that he’s offered the people of London, I think he was entirely right to speak in the way that he did.
“I don’t wish to enter into a row between those two individuals who I think probably are perfectly able to stick up for themselves. I know them both.”
The American president picked a fight on the social media platform with Mr Khan and continued it just hours after Prime Minister Theresa May said it was wrong for the American to have criticised him.
Mr Trump tweeted: “Pathetic excuse by London Mayor Sadiq Khan who had to think fast on his “no reason to be alarmed” statement. MSM [mainstream media] is working hard to sell it!”
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