The US president claimed that Sir Sadiq had wanted to attend, but \u201cI asked that he not be there\u201d.<\/p>\n
It is the latest in a long-running war of words between Mr Trump and the Labour mayor, who accused the American leader of encouraging divisive far-right politics around the world as he landed in Britain earlier this week.<\/p>\n
Speaking to reporters on Air Force One after his state visit, Mr Trump said: \u201cI didn\u2019t want him there, I asked that he not be there.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the Mayor of London Khan is among the worst mayors in the world, and we have some bad ones. If you look at Chicago, but I think he\u2019s the equivalent of the mayor of Chicago.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019s done a terrible job. Crime in London is through the roof. The Mayor of London Khan, Mayor Khan has done a terrible job.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd on immigration, he\u2019s a disaster.<\/p>\n
\u201cI asked that he not be there. He wanted to be there, as I understand, I didn\u2019t want him.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cI have a certain pride in London and the UK. My mother was born in Scotland, as you know.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd when I see Mayor Khan do a bad job, the stabbings and the dirt and the filth, it\u2019s not the same.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nPresident Trump has fanned the flames of the far-right.<\/p>\n
And now a toxic form of politics is spilling out onto our streets.<\/p>\n
These are dark times, but those who seek to divide us will not win. https:\/\/t.co\/G4tb0eJP3H<\/a><\/p>\n