London, June 3: United States President Donald Trump attacked the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, labeling him as “a stone cold loser who should focus on crime in London, not me”, minutes before landing in the United Kingdom (UK) capital on Monday.
According to Al-Jazeera news reports, Trump, who is on an official three-day state visit to the UK, said the mayor reminded him off Bill de Blasio, the liberal New York City mayor, “only half his height”.
On Tuesday, thousands of people are expected to protest on the streets spearheaded by giant blimp portraying the president as a baby in a diaper.
Previously, Khan had compared the US president’s use of divisive language to “the fascists of the 20th century”.
On Sunday, writing in the UK’s Observer newspaper, Khan stated the UK “should not be rolling out the red carpet” for the US president, where a poll has shown 21 percent of the population had a positive opinion of him with 67 percent holding a negative view. Khan has labeled Trump “one of the most egregious examples of a global threat”.
In an interview with The Sun published on Saturday, Trump said, “I think I am really – I hope – I am really loved in the UK. I certainly love the UK.”
….Kahn reminds me very much of our very dumb and incompetent Mayor of NYC, de Blasio, who has also done a terrible job – only half his height. In any event, I look forward to being a great friend to the United Kingdom, and am looking very much forward to my visit. Landing now!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2019
UK Prime Minister Theresa May was looking forward to the upcoming official state visit of Trump, hoping the president’s visit would contribute to bolstering relations between the two nations, according to UK PM office’s statement on Sunday
May stated Trump’s state visit would create an opportunity to further deepening and strengthening the close cooperation and partnership between the US and the UK.
Ahead of his full state visit to Britain, the US president has already made various comments, saying the UK’s next PM should “walk away” from trying to manage Brexit deal with the European Union (EU) if Brussels fails to accomplish to Britain’s demands.
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