'Imbecile' slammed by MPs for tweet

[struggle4progress]

By Andy Hayes, News Reporter

British MPs have accused Donald Trump of "fearmongering" and of making "inflammatory and ignorant statements" after he claimed a rise in UK crime was caused by "radical Islamic terror".

Among a number of comments on social media, co-leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas, tweeted: "OK @theresa-may, this is a test. Will you publicly condemn this outright fearmongering?"

Labour MP Wes Streeting also tried to involve the Prime Minister, writing: "Please tell me again why we're rolling the red carpet out for this imbecile, @theresa-may?"

Another Labour MP, Yvette Cooper, said: "It is appalling that we have reached the point where inflammatory and ignorant statements from the President of the United States are now seen as normal" ...

http://news.sky.com/story/imbecile-donald-trump-slammed-by-mps-for-uk-crime-comments-11089807

[Gothmog]

1. Trump is pissing off our allies

[uponit7771]

2. He's already done that, he's bored and trying to wreck things even more

[Denzil_DC]

3. Not just MPs, obviously.

It's even put Fraser Nelson (editor of the RW Spectator magazine) on the right side of a debate for once:

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Fraser Nelson ✔ @FraserNelson
“Amid” is a word beloved by fake news websites, to conflate correlation and causation. UK crime is also up “amid” spread of fidget spinners.

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump

Just out report: "United Kingdom crime rises 13% annually amid spread of Radical Islamic terror." Not good, we must keep America safe!

(The whole thread's worth a read if you click through on Nelson's tweet.)

[Turbineguy]

4. Well, he's not just

an idiot at home.

[mdbl]

5. where do the british get off thinking they should get better treatment from twump

than we do.