Donald Trump Jr's response to the London attack is causing outrage

Is now really the time?

On Wednesday afternoon, four people were killed in incidents in Westminster, London.

A police officer was stabbed and killed by a man outside the British houses of parliament and then on Westminster bridge, a car ploughed into a group of people killing two of them and injuring at least 20 others.

The alleged assailant was shot and killed at the scene.

More details of the attack continue to emerge but police say they're treating the incident as an act of terrorism until they can prove otherwise.

Following the incident, Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, tweeted about the incident in typical Trump fashion.

He tweeted an article that was written seven months ago by The Independent, where they interviewed London Mayor Sadiq Khan who spoke about the threat of terrorist attacks in major cities.

Trump Jr commented: "You have to be kidding me?!"

You have to be kidding me?!: Terror attacks are part of living in big city, says London Mayor Sadiq Khan https://t.co/uSm2pwRTjO — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) March 22, 2017


The article is about Khan's plea that people remain vigilant and that London needs to be prepared and ready for the threat of a terror attack.

One line of the piece states: "That means being vigilant, having a police force that is in touch with communities, it means the security services being ready, but it also means exchanging ideas and best practice."

It seems that Trump Jr shared the article without reading the piece at all...

Seriously, delete this nonsense before it gets you into a world of trouble, you fucking idiot. — Mike P Williams (@Mike_P_Williams) March 22, 2017

Go fuck yourself. As a Londoner who lived through the IRA, anti gay nail bombings and 7/7, this is not the time to be cock. — Tom Coates (@tomcoates) March 22, 2017

Khan is right. These things happen. We fight against them. But we don't wildly over-react or let them change our way of life — Tom Coates (@tomcoates) March 22, 2017

Is this helpful @DonaldJTrumpJr? Did you even read the article before goading London's Mayor during a live incident?https://t.co/Sm68UOcJQG — Ciaran Jenkins (@C4Ciaran) March 22, 2017

Headline is based on very first sentence, which if you'd bothered to read it could apply to any major city in the world. Key word: "threat" pic.twitter.com/u2S9WA7yoA — Ciaran Jenkins (@C4Ciaran) March 22, 2017

a "threat" is something you prepare against, like NYers and terror, Floridians and hurricanes, Californians and earthquakes — Chris Choi (@thischoi) March 22, 2017