British officials are expressing frustration with President Trump’s response to a terror attack in London on Friday, calling his comments “unhelpful.”
Trump tweeted early Friday after an explosion at a London train station, claiming the “loser terrorist” behind the attack was “in the sights of Scotland Yard.”
U.K. officials have not yet released information on the suspect or whether they were on law enforcement’s radar.
Nick Timothy, a former chief of staff to Prime Minister Theresa May, said Trump’s speculation is “unhelpful from a leader of our ally.”
“True or not — and I’m sure he doesn’t know — this is so unhelpful from leader of our ally and intelligence partner,” Timothy tweeted.
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A U.K. police spokesperson also characterized Trump’s early morning tweets as “unhelpful.”
“Pure speculation given we don’t know who is involved … Any speculation is unhelpful,” the spokesperson told CNN and BuzzFeed.
A U.K. police spokesman tells CNN this is "pure speculation given we don’t know who is involved." "Any speculation is unhelpful.” https://t.co/YrfCjetfB8
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) September 15, 2017
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British police: Trump tweets on London terror attack "unhelpful" https://t.co/iknxhFkyIW pic.twitter.com/LdrAv2B6PX
— The Hill (@thehill) September 15, 2017
Trump is no help to any of our friends and allies. But I suppose he’s better than Obama, who looked down his nose at them with obvious contempt and was even openly hostile to them.
Either or. The results are unfortunately the same.
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