London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Monday called for the British government to cancel President Donald Trump's state visit after Trump criticized the mayor over the weekend on Twitter.
Seven people were killed and at least 48 people were injured on Saturday in London following a terrorist attack, prompting Mayor Sadiq Khan to tell his constituents there was no reason to be alarmed by increased police presence in the streets, the Hill reported.
Trump blasted the mayor a day after the attack for saying that there was "no reason to be alarmed."
At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is "no reason to be alarmed!"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 4, 2017
"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," Khan said in a Channel 4 News interview Monday.
"When you have a special relationship it is no different from when you have got a close mate," he continued. "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."
Khan's spokesperson on Sunday said that Khan would not be commenting on Trump's tweet, saying he had "more important things to do."
"He has more important things to do than respond to Donald Trump's ill-informed tweet that deliberately takes out of context his remarks urging Londoners not to be alarmed when they saw more police — including armed officers — on the streets," the spokesperson said.
This is not the first time that Khan has called for Trump to be denied a state visit in Britain. In February, Khan said that Trump did not deserve a state visit to Britain because of his "cruel" immigration policies, according to the Associated Press.
Sadiq Khan said Sunday the U.S. president should not get VIP treatment when he comes to Britain later this year because of his "ban on people from seven Muslim-majorities countries" and his decision to block refugees from entering the United States.
Khan said that "in those circumstances we shouldn’t be rolling out the red carpet."
He spoke one day before British legislators are expected to debate a proposal to downgrade the planned state visit. The debate was scheduled in response to an online petition calling for the honor to be rescinded.