Downing Road has belatedly hit again at feedback made by Donald Trump in regards to the Mayor of London, saying the remarks have been “wrong”.
The US president used an interview with Politico on Tuesday to hit out at Sir Sadiq Khan, who he referred to as a “disgusting mayor”, and implied the Labour politician will get elected solely “because so many people have come in”.
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Mr Trump instructed the publication’s podcast, The Dialog: “Take a look at… your mayor of London. He’s a catastrophe. He’s a catastrophe.
“He’s got a totally different ideology of what he’s supposed to have. And he gets elected because so many people have come in.”
Mr Trump added: “He’s a horrible mayor. He’s an incompetent mayor, but he’s a horrible, vicious, disgusting mayor. I think he’s done a terrible job. London’s a different place.”
In a wide-ranging interview, the president additionally hit out at European leaders for desirous to be “so politically correct”, and warned that Europe is being led by “weak” people who find themselves failing to manage immigration.
Picture:That is merely the most recent buying and selling of insults between Donald Trump and Sir Sadiq Khan. Pics: PA
Downing Road initially declined to criticise Mr Trump’s feedback on Tuesday, insisting that Sir Keir Starmer has a “strong relationship” each with the US president and with Labour mayor, Sir Sadiq.
The PM additionally held a deliberate closed-doors assembly with the US ambassador Warren Stephens on Tuesday.
However, in an obvious about-turn, the prime minister’s spokesperson brazenly criticised Mr Trump’s feedback on Wednesday, saying that Sir Keir has “made clear” that they have been “wrong”.
They added: “The mayor is doing an excellent job. The PM is hugely proud of the mayor’s record, and he’s proud to call him a colleague and a friend.”
Pushed once more on Mr Trump’s feedback, the spokesperson pointed again to Sir Keir’s feedback to the US president following his state go to to the UK in September.
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Talking to the UN Basic Meeting that month, Mr Trump attacked each Sir Sadiq – he referred to as him “a terrible mayor” – and London, which he mentioned desires “to go to Sharia law”.
The mayor responded by branding Mr Trump as “racist, sexist, misogynistic” and “Islamophobic”, including that he was “living rent-free” within the president’s head.
Sir Keir later responded to that incident by saying he was “really proud of the fact we have a Muslim mayor of a very diverse city”, and that “on this issue, I disagree” with the US president.
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Mr Trump’s feedback about Sir Sadiq are merely the most recent insults hurled throughout the Atlantic in a public spat that dates again to the US president’s first state go to in 2018, when the mayor gave permission to protestors to fly an enormous blimp of the president styled as a child.
Sir Sadiq responded to Mr Trump’s newest feedback in his personal interview with Politico, the place he prompt the US president had turn into “obsessed” with him.
He additionally prompt that Individuals are “flocking” to stay in London – as a result of its values are the “antithesis” of the US.
