Donald Trump (AP image)
Months after reigniting his long-standing dispute with London Mayor Sadiq Khan, US President Donald Trump has once again launched a sharp attack, calling him a “terrible mayor” and a “nasty person”. The remarks were made during an interview with GB News on Thursday night.”Your mayor is a disaster, I can tell you. If you put him there i wouldn’t even know who he was. He’s a disaster, he’s a nasty person and he’s letting crime go right up,” US President said in the interview. Trump criticised the state of law and order in London, claiming crime has risen under Khan’s leadership, as reported by The Daily Mail. He alleged that there are areas in the city where police “don’t even want to go near” and suggested “Sharia Law” operates in some neighbourhoods. This claim has been widely rejected by UK authorities in the past.”You have Sharia law where they don’t even want to obey the laws of your country and you have much worse conditions,” Trump said.“He’s a terrible mayor. Look at the crime you have in London. My mother loved London, she loved that city – but that was a different London than today,” he added.His comments come as he confirmed plans to sue the BBC for allegedly misleading editing of his speech related to the January 6 Capitol Hill incident, despite the broadcaster issuing an apology. The war of words between Trump and Khan is not new. The relationship has remained strained since Trump’s first term, when Khan criticised his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States. In the past, Trump has repeatedly labelled Khan a “stone-cold loser”.Khan has accused Trump of targeting him because of his background and Muslim identity, telling Time magazine earlier that the US President’s “toxic politics does not work”.