US President Donald Trump has called Sadiq Khan a ‘terrible mayor’ and a ‘nasty person’ in a bombshell interview last night.
Speaking to GB News, President Trump claimed there were parts of London where ‘the police don’t even want to go near’ and that ‘Sharia Law’ holds sway instead.
‘Your mayor is a disaster, I can tell you. If you put him there i wouldn’t even know who he was. He’s a disaster, he’s a nasty person and he’s letting crime go right up,’ Trump said in an unfiltered attack on the London mayor.
His comments follow his confirmation that he would be pushing forward with suing the BBC for ‘between one and five billion’ for their ‘misleading’ editing of his Capitol Hill speech aired on Newsnight – despite the broadcaster issuing an apology this week to the President.
Trump criticised the state of London and blamed the current mayor, telling GB News’ Bev Turner: ‘He’s a terrible mayor. Look at the crime you have in London.
‘My mother loved London, she loved that city – but that was a different London than today.
‘Today you have people being stabbed in the ass – or worse.’
He added that ‘it’s crazy what has gone on in Europe’, saying: ‘You have areas in London, and you have this in Paris too, where the police don’t even want to go anywhere near.
In an interview with GB News’ Bev Turner last night, President Trump called the London mayor a ‘nasty person’ who had treated him ‘very, very badly’
This is not the first exchange of bitter words between Sadiq Khan and Donald Trump – earlier this month Mr Khan celebrated the victory of Democrat Zohran Mamdani as New York mayor by hailing the win as proof that the ‘toxic politics’ of the President ‘does not work’
‘You have Sharia law where they don’t even want to obey the laws of your country and you have much worse conditions.’
Trump comments last night on Sadiq Khan is the latest in a long-standing spat between the politicians.
This month, Mr Khan hailed the victory of self-described socialist and Democrat Zohran Mamdani as New York mayor, hailing the win of the fierce Trump critic.
Mr Khan told Time magazine that Mr Mamdani’s victory showed the ‘toxic politics’ of Mr Trump ‘does not work’.
In September, the US President branded Mr Khan a ‘terrible, terrible mayor’ and claimed he wanted to introduce Sharia law in London.
In a wide-ranging speech at the UN General Assembly in New York, Mr Trump said the capital had ‘been changed, it’s been so changed’.
‘Now they want to go to Sharia law. But you are in a different country, you can’t do that,’ he added.
A spokesman for Sir Sadiq responded at the time: ‘We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response.
Trump also told reporters on Friday he would be suing the BBC for ‘between $1 and $5 billion’ (pictured last night onboard Air Force One)
‘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.’
Last night Trump appeared to continue the feud, saying Mr Khan had ‘treated me very, very badly, he [Khan] said ‘who is that guy’?’
He added ‘I’ll do this interview, it’s not controversial because to be honest with you it’s just fact – it shouldn’t be controversial.’
It comes as Donald Trump also said last night in the fiery interview that he will sue the BBC for its editing of a speech he made in 2021 on the day his supporters overran the Capitol.
The BBC sent a personal apology to the US President on Thursday but said there was no legal basis for him to sue the public broadcaster over a documentary his lawyers called defamatory.
After the BBC refused the total capitulation demanded by the US President, Trump said that he had an ‘obligation’ to take legal action.
Trump also confirmed to journalists outside the White House on Friday that he planned to formally seek damages, saying: ‘We’ll sue them from anywhere between $1 billion and $5 billion, probably sometime next week.’
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Donald Trump blasts London Mayor Sadiq Khan as ‘terrible’, a ‘disaster’ and ‘a nasty person’ as he claims there are parts of the capital where ‘the police won’t go’ and Sharia law holds sway