In a striking interview last night, former U.S. President Donald Trump labeled Sadiq Khan as a “terrible mayor” and “nasty person.”
During his conversation with GB News, Trump alleged that sections of London have become areas where police are hesitant to enter, claiming that “Sharia Law” has taken hold.
“Your mayor is a disaster,” Trump asserted, criticizing the London mayor’s leadership. “If you put him there, I wouldn’t even know who he was. He’s letting crime soar,” he continued in his candid critique.
These remarks come on the heels of Trump’s announcement that he intends to sue the BBC for a sum ranging between one and five billion dollars. This lawsuit is in response to what he describes as “misleading” edits of his Capitol Hill speech that aired on Newsnight, despite the broadcaster already issuing an apology to him this week.
Trump also took aim at London’s current state, blaming the surge in crime on the city’s mayor. Speaking to GB News’ Bev Turner, he said, “He’s a terrible mayor. Just look at the crime levels in London.”
Reflecting on his personal connection to the city, Trump added, “My mother loved London, she cherished that city—but that was a very different London from what we see 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.’
