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Trump criticised London Mayor Sadiq Khan at the UN, calling him terrible and linking London to Sharia law. Khan’s spokesperson condemned Trump’s remarks as appalling and bigoted.
US President Donald Trump at UNGA (Image: Reuters)
The US President’s remarks on London Mayor Sadiq Khan were “appalling and bigoted,” Khan’s spokesperson said hours after Donald Trump’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.
“I look at London, where you have a terrible mayor, terrible, terrible mayor,” Trump said during his speech. “It’s been so changed, so changed that they want to go to Sharia law, but you’re in a different country. You can’t do that.”
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In response, Khan’s spokesperson said: “We are not going to dignify [Trump’s] 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.”
Sharia law is based on Islamic holy book, Quran, and the life of prophet Mohammed. It refers to a set of principles governing moral and religious lives of Muslims on matters such as prayers, finance and divorce.
Sadiq Khan became the first Muslim mayor of a Western capital city when he was elected in 2016. According to CNN, he is a strong critic of Trump, notably giving permission for protesters to fly a 20-foot-tall “Trump baby” balloon in London during Trump’s first presidential visit to the United Kingdom in 2016.
During the recent visit to the UK, Trump had called London mayor among the “worst mayors in the world” and said crimes were “through the roof” in London.
Later Trump was asked why Khan was not present at the state banquet hosted in the President’s honour in the UK, he said: “I didn’t want him there, I asked for him not to be there, I don’t want that….Sadiq Khan the mayor of London wasn’t welcomed, and he did not attend…It was requested that he not attend.”
London, United Kingdom (UK)
September 23, 2025, 23:00 IST
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