Donald Trump branded Britain’s NHS hospitals a sea of blood after the recent spate of knife crime.
The brutal US President made the scathing remarks during a remarkable interview with Piers Morgan on Good Morning Britain which aired this morning.
The world leader said: In London you have stabbings all over. I read an article where everybody is being stabbed.
They said your hospital is a sea of blood, all over the floors. But his comments come days after 13 people were killed when a crazed gunman went on a rampage in Virginia Beach in the latest mass shooting in the US.
The killer stormed a government building with a rifle and a .45 caliber handgun, police say.
There have been more than 140 ‘mass shootings’ in the US this year, which a crowdsourced database defines as 4+ shot in one incident, at one location, at roughly the same time.
Nevertheless, the grandfather has criticised the knife crime in the UK and the NHS in the past.
Last year, he described a once prestigious hospital in London as a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds.
Speaking at a public conference in Texas, he said: 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.
Yes, that’s right, 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.
Knife-related murders are at their highest level in England and Wales since recording began in 1946.
Some 285 people were killed by knives and sharp instruments in 2017/18. In that financial year, about 12,000 knife crime offences happened in London.
Indeed, knife crimes in the capital have risen 24% since 2015/16.
He also discussed global warming, international relations, and Theresa May in the candid interview with Piers Morgan.
Trump will later join the Queen and Prime Minister Theresa May to honour those who fought in the D-Day landings 75 years ago during a national commemoration ceremony.
More than 60,000 members of the public are expected to attend the Portsmouth Naval Memorial for today’s event, which marks the 75th anniversary of the biggest amphibious invasion in military history.
World leaders, royalty and hundreds of veterans will also be present. And Theresa May will be making her final official appearances as Prime Minister during the D-Day commemorations.
The world leader met Mrs May yesterday and held a final joint press conference. During the question and answer session, the US president claimed the NHS was on the table in a future trade deal between the US and the UK.