US President Donald Trump has deplored London's knife crime, at the National Rifle Association's (NRA) meeting. Lauding US gun rights, the president said he recently read that an unspecified London hospital was "like a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds". He also told the firearms lobby's conference in Dallas, Texas, that American gun rights were "under siege". Mr Trump is due to visit the UK this summer, after previously cancelling a trip amid calls for mass protests. "I recently read a story that in London, which has unbelievably tough gun laws, a once very prestigious hospital right in the middle is like a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds," he said on Friday. "They don't have guns. They have knives and instead there's blood all over the floors of this hospital. "They say it's as bad as a military war zone hospital. Knives, knives, knives, knives." He mimed a stabbing motion. "London hasn't been used to that. They're getting used to it. It's pretty tough." It is unclear where Mr Trump sourced his information. However, a lead London trauma surgeon recently told BBC Radio 4 his hospital was likened to an Afghan war zone. The interview was the basis for a Daily Mail article. Dr Martin Griffiths, who works at the Royal London Hospital, blamed knife and gun violence as he said: "We're doing major life-saving cases on a daily basis. "Some of my military colleagues have described their practice here as being similar to being at [Helmand province's former Camp] Bastion." He added: "We routinely have children under our care, 13, 14, 15 years old are daily occurrences, knife and gun wounds." It is not the first time Mr Trump has remarked on security in the UK capital. Last year he criticised London Mayor Sadiq Khan for his handling of terrorist attacks in the city. The White House recently announced the US president would visit the UK on 13 July. Mayor Khan said Mr Trump would find that Londoners hold their freedom of speech "very dear". It was Mr Trump's fourth address to the NRA and his second in office. The last president to do so was Ronald Reagan in 1983. An estimated 80,000 people have attended this year's NRA convention in Dallas. The lobby supported Mr Trump during his 2016 presidential election, spending over $11m (£8m) in advertisements for him, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. After a high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, left 17 dead in February, Mr Trump said he would "fight" the NRA on gun control. At the time, the president appeared to support raising the age limit of purchasing rifles, closing background check loopholes and confiscating firearms from mentally ill individuals. The US president later said there was "not much political support". Mr Trump instead pushed a proposal to provide firearms training to school employees. His administration, however, has taken steps to ban bump stocks, which allow a rifle to shoot hundreds of rounds a minute.
So now he is being a hypocrite saying my country the uk has a knife crime problem.... When America has a gun problem pffffft. This is a good story. Vostok nice one. Better yet he announces it at some gun convention in Texas saying London has a knife problem ha ha. What an idiot. hypocrite hypocrite hypocrite.... Hopefully he's got something good to say when he gets here and doesn't talk a load of shot about crime in the UK. ......... Sent from my SM-G900FD using Grasscity Forum mobile app
my first trip to london I'm like gunned up with 2 Makarov's ...lol my local buddies thought it was way over the top_OTT) ..indeed it was London has to be the safest city ...ever ..lol a few crazy arabs and lost kiddies with a box cutters ...lol is about all
Exactly London is safe. I live in a little town in the middle of nowhere in England and it's very safe. Women can walk the streets of a night ha ha ha I wouldn't say that about London though ha ha ha still why is Donald Trump saying London is like a war zone he wants to look at his own country. Well he probably is lol. Still what's he going to do about UK knife crime aye? They gonna ban people from buying knives now? Sent from my SM-G900FD using Grasscity Forum mobile app
What have you got to say about all this then? Sent from my SM-G900FD using Grasscity Forum mobile app
SO sorry for Trump..(he messes with everyone) I had hoped he would be gone by now..Maybe soon I hope How many of his Ex staff has called him a Moron now?..LMAO.. Pence's Dr has now resigned (bet she really got the axe).. Funny..she was one that spilled the goods on Trumpo's Ronny Jackson..(another turd)
This is what the mayor of London sadiq khan had to say and he tweeted. to be honest he couldn't have put it better. I'm sure Donald Trump will receive a warm welcome from us if he visits. And he knows he has to bow down to our queen so it's all good. Sent from my SM-G900FD using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Second sentence of london's mayor is a bit ironic, considering people go to jail there for saying mean things
Well what do you know, looks like the Turks won the war after all. "Hey baby, I hear the blues a-callin' Tossed salad and scrambled eggs.."
Your still talking nonsense are you high lol first of all you quote icgreen god knows why then you say the turks have won the war. Ha ha ha Sent from my SM-G900FD using Grasscity Forum mobile app
"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool." - William Shakespeare "Hey baby, I hear the blues a-callin' Tossed salad and scrambled eggs.."
Yes they do. Look it up, too many examples to count, first one I could find in 2014 and some more recently.
I remember when Obama visited Ireland and his bomb proof cadilac was so long it got stuck in the road. Ha ha ha ha ha Trump's visit will probably go similar to this I imagine. Sent from my SM-G900FD using Grasscity Forum mobile app
When trump comes to UK watch the TV and you'll see free speech being flexed. A small proportion of people will protest shouting abuse at him shouting offensive things. If that isn't free speak I dunno what is mate. Exactly we know lol but it will only be small amount of people most people will just go to watch and our leaders like the mayor of London will give him a good greeting. They will probably a dress the issue of knife crime but there's more too it than that they will obviously be talking about other things like trade etc etc. It's not all gonna be about gun and knife crime. Sent from my SM-G900FD using Grasscity Forum mobile app