Donald Trump delivers brutal assessment of Sadiq Khan in 3-point put down
Donald Trump delivers brutal assessment of 'horrible' Sadiq Khan in 3-point put down
Donald Trump and Sadiq Khan have long hurled public insults at one another - the US President has taken the latest swipe.
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Add us as preferred source Comments By Tannur Anders 23:41, Wed, Jun 24, 2026 Updated: 00:13, Thu, Jun 25, 2026 
US President Donald Trump has again taken aim at Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.
Speaking to reporters from the States, Mr Trump said on Wednesday, June 24: "You have a terrible Mayor of London.
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"Your Mayor of London is grossly incompetent, a bad person and a horrible representative for your country."
The feud between Mr Trump and Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan dates back more than a decade. The pair first began exchanging political jabs in 2015. Sir Khan took over the helm of London in 2016.
In 2017, Sir Khan also branded the US leader tweets as "ill-informed" after Mr Trump opposed the mayor's response to the London Bridge van attack in which seven people lost their lives and dozens more were injured.
During his first state visit to the UK in 2019, Mr Trump referred to the London mayor as a "stone cold loser" before dining with the late Queen Elizabeth II.
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His comments on Wednesday come after the London mayor responded to Mr Trump's public attack during a UN address a day earlier.
Mr Trump addressed the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. He claimed illegal immigrants had overrun continental Europe and the United Kingdom. Mr Trump also made a point of calling out Sir Khan.
"I look at London where you have a terrible mayor, a terrible, terrible mayor and it's been so changed, so changed," he said.
"Now they want to go to sharia law, but you're in a different country, you can't do that.
"Both the immigration and their suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe if something is not done immediately."
Sir Khan is the first Muslim to hold the position of Mayor of London. He said Mr Trump's comment spoke to his "Islamophobic" ideologies.
In response to the US leader lashing in the UN address, Sir Khan said: "I think President Trump has shown he is racist, he is sexist, he is misogynistic, he is Islamophobic."
Separately, Sir Sadiq Khan says death threats against him rose by 2000% after Donald Trump was elected president. The Mayor of London said it was difficult for him personally, his family and friends.He told Republica: "It's never nice having death threats and requiring police protection."
"We did some analysis and when President Trump got elected, the amount of threats I received went up 2,000 percent.
"When he was elected the second time, it's gone up by 100 percent."
The mayor also said he had no idea why Mr Trump was obsessed with the leadership of London.
Badenoch blasts 'moaning' female Labour MPs over Burnham jobs 'quota'
Kemi Badenoch has told Labour women to earn a job in Andy Burnham's Cabinet instead of demanding they are handed jobs because of their gender.
The Tory leader lashed out today amid reports that female MPs are demanding the de-facto new prime minister introduce a 50:50 gender split 'quota' in his government.
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister also complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts.
But in a scathing article in the Times today Mrs Badenoch told them to 'stop moaning' and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'.
'There are many, many reasons why you shouldn't have any Milibands in the cabinet,' she said.
'But complaining that the boys haven't given them the right jobs or that the boys are taking all the jobs, just shows that Labour's women still don't get it.'
The idea of quotas was also attacked by Baroness Jacqui Smith, Labour's Skills Minister.
Asked by Times Radio if Mr Burnham should reserve jobs for women, she said: 'No, I think what Andy Burnham should be doing is building the very best team around him to change this country.'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband (above, right, in 2010) is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts
But Mrs Badenoch told them to pipe down and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party and seen by the BBC has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs after he succeeds Sir Keir Starmer.
'We are asking you to demonstrate this change from day one and address the toxicity and misogyny within our own party and government,' it said.
Labour has never had a female leader, while the Conservatives have had three, and Mrs Badenoch urged the government to follow its meritocratic example.
'If you run a meritocracy, then you do not have to worry about jobs for the boys,' she wrote.
'Every woman who is a Conservative MP, every woman who has ever won the leadership, has had to fight to get where she is.
'By contrast, Labour women are demanding guarantees from Burnham. But the truth is he doesn't have to give any guarantees.
'If none of Labour's women are prepared to get their hands dirty and challenge him for the leadership, their demands are toothless.'
'In fact, it's quite revealing that the women's parliamentary Labour Party has written to Burnham asking him to commit himself to at least 50 per cent female ministers.
'This has nothing to do with meritocracy. It is yet more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country.'
