Sadiq Khan has branded the US President as “racist and Islamophobic” after the US President said he is a “terrible, terrible mayor.”
The US President warned during his speech at the UN Security Council in New York that Khan wants London to “go to sharia law.”
Khand said on Wednesday, “I think President Trump has shown he is racist, he is sexist, he is misogynistic, and he is Islamophobic.
“When people say things, when people act in a certain way, when people behave in a certain way, you’ve got to believe them.”
Cabinet minister Pat McFadden said on Wednesday that Trump and Khan have “had a beef for some years.”
He told Time Radio, “I’m sitting here in Crystal Palace football ground launching a youth club here today and I can assure you it’s not Sharia law, it’s British law that applies here.”
Labour MP Rupa Huq said Trump’s comments are “poppycock” and “cobblers,” adding, “someone should have a word” with Trump as he is “unhinged.”
Health secretary Wes Streeting said, “Sadiq Khan is not trying to impose Sharia Law on London.
“This is a mayor who marches with Pride, who stands up for difference of background and opinion, who’s focused on improving our transport, our air, our streets, our safety, our choices and chances. Proud he’s our mayor.”
A spokesperson for Sir Sadiq said, “We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response.
“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.”
Trump told delegates at the UN on Tuesday, “I look at London, where you have a terrible mayor, terrible, terrible mayor, and it’s 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 that “Europe is in serious trouble” as they are being “invaded by a force of illegal aliens.”
The Reform UK leader defended Trump, saying sharia law is “an issue in London.”
Farage told LBC, “Never take what he says literally, ever on anything, but always take everything he says seriously.”
However, Farage said that the US President does have a point,” “So is he right to say that sharia is an issue in London? Yes.
“Is it an overwhelming issue at this stage? No.
Has the mayor of London directly linked himself to it? No.”
He added: “I think what Trump was aiming at with his big pitch that the West (is) going to hell is it’s in danger of losing its culture, its heritage, its identity… Look at Stockholm.
“Look at parts of Germany. Look at what the mass importation of people who come from very different cultures has done to those cities.”
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