Trump slammed Khan again over his "pathetic excuse" later on, and it has prompted criticism for misrepresenting the mayor's words and for attacking an American ally while it is dealing with a national tragedy.
Khan had told Londoners there was "no reason to be alarmed" about an increased police presence in the coming days following the attack, a remark Trump mischaracterized in a Sunday tweet, suggesting the mayor had said there was "no reason to be alarmed" about the attack itself.
"What have you got against them?"
Trump Jr. continued defending his father and noted that every time media criticizes the president, their comments are proven to be wrong.
Khan initially refused to engage with Trump, who was seemingly using Khan's comments to push his own stance on immigration, but he has since come out and suggested that Trump's planned state visit to the United Kingdom should no longer take place given his argumentative response to the London mayor.
Asked whether he believes Khan is at fault for what happened, Trump said, "I'm not. No".
"Having said that, I think Donald Trump is wrong in what he said about Sadiq Khan, in relation to the attack on London Bridge". MSM is working hard to sell it!"Trump tweeted".
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Khan knows that Trump's tweets have partially served to reinforce the preexisting conflict between the two men.
NY [U.S.A], June 6: Hillary Clinton has slammed United States President Donald Trump over his recent tweets on London terror attack and for misconstruing London Mayor Sadiq Khan's remarks post the attack.
Khan, a human rights lawyer and practicing Muslim hails from Pakistan, has challenged repeatedly Trump's calls to ban Muslims or people from Muslim countries from entering the U.S, saying the president has a "rude view of Islam".
A YouGov poll of 1,000 Londoners published on Monday found that Khan was more trusted than both May and national Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to make the right decisions about keeping Britain safe from terrorism.
But when pressed on whether he thinks a state visit for later this year should go ahead as planned, Khan was unequivocal.
"And that's important - central government and the London mayoralty and his officials working together to ensure that we are responding to the attack and looking at the work the police is going to give the public extra protection and reassurance". "So I'm not afraid to say when I think President Trump is getting things wrong".
Khan's spokesman repeated his response of a day earlier: "Nothing has changed since yesterday". Acting U.S. Ambassador in London Lewis Lukens bravely faced off against Trump as he vocalized his support for Sadiq online (below).
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