WH Argues Trump Wasnt 'Picking A Fight' With London Mayor After Attack

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By MATT SHUHAM Published JUNE 5, 2017 2:53 PM

Deputy White House press secretary Sarah Sanders batted back questions about President Donald Trump’s attacks against the mayor of London on Monday.

“Why is the President picking a fight with the mayor of London right after his city was hit with a terrorist attack?” ABC’s Jonathan Karl asked at the daily press briefing Monday. Sanders responded that the Trump wasn’t.

After London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, told the city not to be alarmed by the increased police presence after a terrorist attack on Saturday left seven dead and dozens more wounded, Trump quoted him out of context on Sunday to attack him, and again on Monday.

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“I don’t see that the President is picking a fight with the mayor of London at all,” Sanders replied to Karl. “I think, again, the President’s point is something he said, frankly, back — It’s been almost two years now, a year and a half ago, when the President talked about how we have to be more committed to national security.” She added: “One of the reasons we have the travel ban here through that executive order is a focus on national security. That was the point he was trying to make.”

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sarah-sanders-trump-not-picking-a-fight-sadiq-khan

[6000eliot]

1. As long as he occupies the White House,

he WILL turn every event that occurs into something ABOUT HIM. This is the only thing we can count on.

[FM123]

2. Picking a fight, picking his nose - he doesn't know the difference anymore....

[Mr. Evil]

16. It's a wonder he's not also picking his ass.

[FM123]

17. great photo

Makes me want to ask the question (again)
"Is his butt ever jealous of the crap that comes out of his mouth?"

[Mr. Evil]

19. D'oh!

[dalton99a]

3. NEXT: "London mayor has no sense of humor. SAD!"

[Leghorn21]

4. Have you ever seen so much blah blah blah coming out of any other WH in your life? Blah blah

blahblahblahblahhhhhhh

Answer: No, you have not.

stfuuuuuuuuuup

[Docreed2003]

5. So the official WH stance is:

He wasn't picking a fight....he was being an asshole

[Scarsdale]

13. Sarah Suckabee Sanders

would do well to start looking for either other employment, or a good lawyer. Possibly both.

[elleng]

6. WH is full of crap! EOM

[Kber]

7. No he wasn't picking a fight. He didn't expect the good Mayor to hit back.

The last thing a bully wants is an actual fight.

[GreydeeThos]

8. Bullies don't pick fights - they start fights

Bullies start fights just for fun.

[jpak]

9. Cozies up to our enemies, bullies our friends

traitorous orange shittgibbon

yup

[uppityperson]

10. He was being an ass

[WinkyDink]

12. It's a regular barnyard of an Administration, with horses' asses, pigs, goats, and chickens.

[Scarsdale]

14. Of course

it comes natural to him. He does not know how to be anything else.

[WinkyDink]

11. This woman has earned a special circle of her own, IYKWIMAITYD. I cannot stand her bovinity.

[truthisfreedom]

15. He repeatedly insulted and bullied an ally's public official.

[Blue Idaho]

18. The world's nation states have already made up their mind

On the fucking moron in the White House. Instead of a world leader we have a twelve year old boy at the helm. They don't give two shits what he says. Worse yet, if he ever needs to ask for their help - they won't be answering the phone. Bad for him - worse for us.

[Matilda]

20. Sadiq Khan replies to Trump:

"Appearing on Channel 4 News on Monday evening, Khan said Trump was wrong about “many things” and that his state visit should not go ahead.

“I don’t think we should roll out the red carpet to the president of the USA in the circumstances where his policies go against everything we stand for,” he said.

“When you have a special relationship it is no different from when you have got a close mate. You stand with them in times of adversity but you call them out when they are wrong. There are many things about which Donald Trump is wrong.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/05/donald-trump-attack-courts-travel-ban-london


Concepts such as diplomacy, tact, and courtesy seem to be unknown to Trump. I don't know what his problems are, but he certainly seems to be lacking a screw or two.

[Blue Idaho]

21. London's mayor proves he's more fit to be our President

Than the nucklehead that currently occupys our White House...