The sentiments expressed by Labour Party candidate Paul Flynn is not unlike the view of leaders from around the world. It is unlikely many would have the guts to express the truisms he did colorfully about Donald Trump.
Paul Flynn slams Trump for his attack on the Mayor of London
Paul Flynn appeared on a panel with MSNBC Host Stephanie Ruhle where she excoriated Trump deservedly for many of his actions.
MSNBC Host Stephanie Ruhle asked Paul Flynn for a response to what Donald Trump has been tweeting and how the public is responding. Trump attacked London Mayor Sadiq Khan with a tweet that misrepresented what he said.
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
Trump took the Mayor out of context purposefully. So what did the mayor really say?
“Londoners will see an increased police presence today and over the course of the next few days. There’s no reason to be alarmed,” Mayor Sadiq Khan said.
Paul Flynn was not kind to Donald Trump as he excoriated him not only for the tweet but much more.
“It’s a very foolish interference by Donald Trump who seems incapable but concentrating long enough to read two sentences,” Paul Flynn said. “He’s got the attention span of an earthworm. And I’m afraid this president; I greatly admire America. I greatly admire the institution of the presidency. But he’s making your country in himself a figure of ridicule throughout the world. Of course, the Mayor of London did the right things and reassured people. We had this terrible, mindless series of murders. But it doesn’t mean that London is unsafe. It’s a city of millions of people. And of course, it’s still the best place in the world to come. It’s safe, and it’s secure, and there was reassurance needed because people were understandably alarmed. But Trump came in making some idiotic comments that have been contradicted by the ambassador of London and everyone else. The mayor’s played a good job he’s doing a fine job admired by everyone. But Trump who’s blundered into office, he’s inflamed frozen situations throughout the world. He’s the greatest threat, I believe, to the survival of the planet. He’s got his impulsive finger on the nuclear button. And he’s not a man who has any judgment that we could rely on. And the word I want to hear about Trump is in preachment. You know the man didn’t get the majority of votes there. … And he’s increasingly acting in an irrational manner. And I’m sure your great country has mechanisms in which they can get rid of him. Because he threatens the future of the world by is contempt for global warming and their precautions and we’ve only got one world.”
Congressman Joe Walsh was also a guest on the show but was no match for Flynn as he continued to turn the knife in his criticism of Trump at every turn. This British politician was likely speaking for all of Great Britain, Europe, and the rest of the world, with the exception of a few countries governed by other autocrats and tyrants.