London's far-left mayor, Sadiq Khan, has accused President Donald Trump of personally attacking people for their “ethnicity” and Muslim faith, undermining longstanding public sentiment against the Labor politician. He made comments that could reignite antipathy.
As reported by Breitbart News, Khan has previously slammed Trump with a string of insults, saying, “I'm very clear about Trump…He's a racist. Trump is a racist.” he's a sexist. he's a homophobe. And it is very important to treat them as your best buddies, especially if you have a special relationship.
“If my best friend was a racist, sexist, homophobe, I would call him out and explain why his ideas are wrong.”
During Trump's first term as president, the two were embroiled in an unusual war of words, triggered by Labor leader Khan's opposition to the U.S. travel ban on people from certain Islamic countries. It was.
Furthermore, when President Trump met with Queen Elizabeth in 2017, he demanded that she deny him a state visit to the United Kingdom.
Khan argued that Trump should not be afforded the normal diplomatic accommodations afforded to American leaders because he is “using xenophobia, racism, and 'otherness' as campaign tactics.” and claimed that the president only cared about “white America.”
President Trump later accused Khan, who was the first Muslim mayor of a Western capital when he was first elected in 2016, of doing a “very bad job on counterterrorism,” calling him a “ruthless loser” and “very bad.” I called him “stupid.”
As Breitbart News reported, the mayor in turn announced that President Trump's sneaky blimp, dressed as a baby in diapers, would fly over protests in Capitol Square during a 2018 visit to the United Kingdom. was allowed.
Trump Baby, a 6-meter-tall inflatable airship, and the American flag fly over Westminster ahead of a protest against US President Donald Trump's state visit in London, England, on June 4, 2019. It is depicted upside down. The exhibition was approved by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. (Mike Kemp/Photo via Getty Images)
The balloon flew next to the British Houses of Parliament in Parliament Square Garden during the US president's visit.
This was funded through crowdfunding with around £17,000 in donations. A spokesperson for the Baby Trump Group, which pulled off the stunt, said the piece was intended to be a “sneaky mutant clone of the president.”
A spokesperson for Sadiq Khan told Sky News: “The Mayor supports the right to peaceful protest and understands that this can take many forms.”
Mr. Khan recently said that his safety would be at risk if Mr. Trump returned to the White House.
Mr Khan, the son of Pakistani immigrants to Britain, said in a podcast recorded before Mr Trump's re-election on November 5th and published earlier this week that he had “no belief” that Mr Trump had targeted him in the past. “It's an incredibly personal thing,” he said.
“If I didn't have this skin color, if I wasn't a Muslim, he wouldn't have come for me.”He is a high performer who interviews celebrities from various fields. He spoke on the podcast. daily mirror report.
Still, Khan said he would be happy to “show” Trump around the capital if he visits the UK during his next term.
