LONDON -- The UK has spoken and Donald Trump has answered.
The Republican presidential candidate, who has been the subject of a high-profile petition to block him from entering the UK, tweeted Thursday that the country is trying hard to disguise its "massive Muslim problem."
More than 400,000 people have signed the petition, entitled "Block Donald J Trump from UK entry," after Trump called for a total ban on Muslims entering the United States earlier this week. All petitions that pass 100,000 are considered for debate in parliament.
The United Kingdom is trying hard to disguise their massive Muslim problem. Everybody is wise to what is happening, very sad! Be honest.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 10, 2015
Prime Minister David Cameron took the unusual step on Tuesday of commenting about a U.S. presidential candidate, saying Trump's call for a ban was "divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong." London Mayor Boris Johnson laughed off Trump's suggestion that some parts of London are so radicalised that police fear for their lives.
In addition to telling the UK to "be honest," Trump thanked Daily Mail columnist and former Apprentice contestant Katie Hopkins, who supported his statements about London.
Thank you to respected columnist Katie Hopkins of Daily https://t.co/LgtY0qdv9U for her powerful writing on the U.K.'s Muslim problems.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 10, 2015
Aside from the petition, which people are still signing, Trump has been dropped by Scotland as a business ambassador, while Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen stripped him of an honorary degree.