London Mayor Sadiq Khan: Trump's "busy dealing with a hurricane out on the golf course"

[Miles Archer]

Speaking with Politico, Khan — a frequent critic of the American president — was asked about the cancellation of Trump’s trip to Poland to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II.

Noting the president has been out golfing all weekend, Khan sniped at the president, saying, “He’s clearly busy dealing with a hurricane out on the golf course.”

Khan went on to attack Trump for emboldening racists in the U.S. and abroad.

“These people have been inspired by mainstream politicians who subscribe to their point of view,” Khan explained. Trump “is a guy who amplifies racist tweets; amplifies the tweets of fascists; says things that are deeply objectionable. If I don’t stand up and call that out I think I’m doing a disservice to Londoners who chose me as their mayor.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/09/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-delivers-brutal-jab-to-mock-trumps-lazy-approach-to-managing-hurricane-relief/

[Iliyah]

1. 10+

Johnson appears to be a racist too.

[dalton99a]

4. He called black people 'piccaninnies' with 'watermelon smiles'

He's a world-class bigot

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. My WW II veteran father must be spinning in his grave.

How could Spanky bail out of an event that commemorates the start of that war. But his pal Putin wasn't going to be there, so I guess that golf was more important.

[HipChick]

9. Boris might not be there for long...Looks like he's getting a Snap Election called on him

Oct 10th....I'm staying tuned to UK stuff right now as well..

[greatauntoftriplets]

14. I certainly hope so.

Brexit is akin to the Brits shooting themselves in the foot, at least those who voted for it. Those who voted to stay are their victims.

Sigh, I wish our election seasons were similarly short.

[dalton99a]

3. Kick

[spanone]

5. K&R...

[oasis]

6. Need political ads with Trump's constant criticism of Obama's golf habits. nt

[jalan48]

7. It would be great to hear Democrats repeating this statement, 24/7.

[IggleDuer]

8. If he could arrange to move the hurricane monitoring headquarters to his golf course ...

... he would do it to make a profit off it!

[left-of-center2012]

10. Trump is keeping his eye on the ball

[not fooled]

11. Hmmm

now I'm wondering whether red don even thinks WWII was a good idea.

Of course, the cancellation could be due solely to laziness on his part.

[DavidDvorkin]

12. I wonder when/if Khan will try for the top role in Labour.

[JohnnyRingo]

13. It may appear to many that Trump is not on the job....

...that's all. He's not concerned.