Not Quite 'rivers Of Blood' But A London Hospital's Floor Covered In Blood?

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/04/trump-nra-london-hospital-knives

[Zacs-Master]

What’s the question mark for?

[sp1814]

Which hospital is he referring to?

And how were the hospitals in Las Vegas after the 500 there were injured and 58 deaths when Stephen Paddock decided to open fire?

Should we really be listening to the president who doesn’t even know where the latest attack in America happens, possibly because these are such regular occurancies now?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tweets-condolences-to-wrong-town-after-mass-shooting/

[Sqad]

This is where we miss mikey..........;-)

Where else other than an abattoir would you find "rivers of blood" than in a hospital?

However, I have a certain amount of sympathy for the words of President Trump as knife crime is becoming "endemic" in London.
Given the choice, I think that i would rather be shot than stabbed.

[THECORBYLOON]

ANOTHEOLDGIT, do you believe Trump's tweet?

[maggiebee]

More fake news from a fake "President". Why the funicular is he interfering in the UK's business - more need to look closer to home.

[anotheoldgit]

/// However, I have a certain amount of sympathy for the words of President Trump as knife crime is becoming "endemic" in London. ///

And one has to ask "what is being done about it", do we hear of many arrests?
Where are all the mobs on the streets waving their banners 'Black lives matter'?

[anotheoldgit]

Zacs-Master

/// What’s the question mark for? ///

Because I asked a question.

[THECORBYLOON]

I said "tweet" but it was a speech. The way he is so often vague about his claims makes it appear he is relying on second or third-hand news he skimmed through and doesn't have a grasp on the truth.

[Togo]

//Why the funicular is he interfering in the UK's business //

For the same reasons that many "here" believe that they should be interfering in the US's business?

[anotheoldgit]

maggiebee

/// Why the funicular is he interfering in the UK's business - more need to look closer to home. ///

Likewise there are also some on this site who are always interfering in the US's business, when they should be looking closer to home.

[anotheoldgit]

You beat me to it Togo.

[Zacs-Master]

AOG,
Are you wanting to debate Trump being wrong or the the amount of knife crime almost making him right?

[EDDIE51]

I have yet to see the day when there is a 'multi knifing' and many people are killed in one incident by the same person. It happens all the time with guns in Trump's USA. With anything Trump says you need to remember that he is VERY pro Guns and the NRA. His brother is the NRA official spokesperson. ( I wonder why he got the job?)

[THECORBYLOON]

I doubt UK politicians give a toss when the American equivalent of ANOTHEOLDGIT goes off on one about UK matters on an American website.

If the US President makes comments about a vague, un-named hospital, is that not a different level?

[douglas9401]

He may think it will divert some attention away from his playing hide the sausage with a porn star the paying her to say nowt about it.
Or it could be to take the pressure off Giulliani's hamfisted attempts to 'help'.

[EDDIE51]

'Hide the sausage' that made me smile . Its many years since I last heard that expression.

[andy-hughes]

I don't know about 'Not quite rivers of blood' - it has absolutely nothing to do with rivers of blood.

If the president is trying to say that America is better of with its gun crime statistics than our knife crime statistics, it seems a seriously poorly thought out and pointless position to take.

Why not say - would you rather be thrown off a cliff and hit the ground two minutes later, or be torn to pieces by wild birds in thirty seconds on the way down

If the President wants to convince us of his grasp of UK crime, and comparisons with US crime, he needs to pick seriously more solid ground, and do some homework first.

[youngmafbog]

Context is everything.

He was speaking to the NRA, so what would you think he should say (if he wants to leave the hall alive)?

[andy-hughes]

YMB - Indeed it is.

All the President has to say is something along the lines of "Guns are fabulous, I think it should be compulsory for everyone to have at least three of them ..." and that's his job done.

If he thinks the NRA are even vaguely interested in knife crime in the UK, then he rather overestimates the civic values of his audience.

[youngmafbog]

It rather looks like you have not listened to the speach.

He was trying to justify the carrying of weapons and saying if people had a gun this would not have happened. He then went on to say we have the toughest guns law but it hasn't stopped killings.

It's all rot of course but like I say, context is everything.