Trump was terrorized by the London attack, while Britain stood firm
By Ishaan Tharoor June 5 at 1:00 AM
On Saturday night, terror again struck Britain's capital. At least seven people are dead and dozens hospitalized after assailants in a van barreled into pedestrians on London Bridge and then embarked on a stabbing rampage at a nearby market crammed with restaurants, bars and tourists. They were shot dead by police within eight minutes of the first emergency call.
Authorities said the incident was being investigated as a terrorism attack and eyewitness accounts suggested the attackers were Muslim, making it the third deadly event carried out by Islamist extremists on British soil in as many months.
What followed was the tragically familiar loop of condemnations and appeals for calm by major British politicians. But then there was President Trump.
While spending the weekend at a golf course for the 16th time in his presidency, Trump first retweeted a report from the right-wing Drudge Report on suspected casualty numbers — before British authorities had even confirmed the details of the incident. Then he issued a series of conspicuous — and to some, infuriating — tweets Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
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