Sadiq Khan has branded Donald Trump “racist, sexist, misogynistic” and “Islamophobic” following the US president’s newest assault on London.
The London mayor stated he was “living rent free” in Mr Trump’s head after the US president used his handle to the UN Normal Meeting on Tuesday to criticise the UK, and London particularly.
The president continued his long-running criticism of Mr Khan and instructed delegates the UK capital was being run by a “terrible mayor” who had “changed” town.
Certainly one of his most outlandish claims was that Sharia legislation, Islam’s authorized system, was working in London, which there isn’t any proof for.
The president stated: “I have a look at London, the place you could have a horrible mayor, horrible, horrible mayor, and it has been modified, it has been so modified.
“Now they want to go to Sharia law. But you are in a different country, you can’t do that.”
Requested in regards to the assaults made by the US president, who loved his second state go to to the UK final week, Sir Sadiq stated: “I think President Trump has shown he is racist, he is sexist, he is misogynistic, and he is Islamophobic.”
He went on to say the general public could be “wondering what it is about this Muslim mayor who leads a liberal, multicultural, progressive, successful city that means I appear to be living rent-free inside Donald Trump’s head”.
“When people say things, when people act in a certain way, when people behave in a certain way, you’ve got to believe them,” he added.
Mr Trump has additionally blamed crime in London – which he stated was “through the roof” – on Sir Sadiq’s management, and stated he had additionally been a “disaster” on immigration.
The president’s feedback, which he made on Air Power One on the way in which again to Washington from London after the state go to, prompted a spokesperson for the mayor to challenge a staunch defence of town.
“London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here,” they stated.
Sir Sadiq and Mr Trump have lengthy had a thorny relationship, relationship again to the president’s name in 2015 for a “total and complete shutdown” of Muslims coming into the US.
