By Itunuoluwa Adebo
President Trump’s oldest child. Donald Trump Jr. took a break on Wednesday from defending his father’s agenda on Twitter to lend his voice to the buzz surrounding the attack outside the British Parliament that left four people dead, including a police officer and the alleged assailant.
Trunp Jnr took aim at Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, who was quoted last year by the Independent, a London newspaper, saying being prepared for terrorist attacks had to become part of the fabric of major cities.
That message took a different meaning Wednesday as an attacker drove his car through pedestrians on Westminster Bridge and then fatally stabbed an officer at the gates of Parliament.
Scarcely two hours after first reports of Wednesday’s attack emerged, the president’s son pounced.
Khan, who last year became London’s first ethnic-minority mayor and the first Muslim to head the capital of a major Western country, issued a statement Wednesday offering his condolences to the families of victims, paying special homage to the fallen police officer.
“I want to reassure all Londoners and all our visitors not to be alarmed — our city remains one of the safest in the world,” said Khan in a statement “Londoners will never be cowed by terrorism.”
That move created an uproar on Twitter, who joined Trump in condemning the mayor. But many also rushed to his defense, including Wes Streeting, a member of parliament from the Labour Party, who replied directly to Trump and called him a “disgrace.”
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
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