Donald Trump warns of sharia law in London and attacks the Pakistani-born mayor Sadiq Khan as a “terrible mayor”.
Khan counters by condemning the president as “sexist”, “racist” and “islamophobic”.
The war of words between the two politicians escalated after Trump’s UN speech on Tuesday, where he painted a very dark picture of Europe’s mass immigration problems.
– Europe is in serious trouble and is being invaded by a force of illegal aliens like nobody has ever seen before, Trump said in his speech.
He directed particularly sharp criticism at London and its mayor:
– Where you have a terrible mayor, a terrible, terrible mayor, and it’s been so changed. Now they want to go to Sharia law, but you’re in a different country, you can’t do that.
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“Your countries are going to HELL! They’re being ruined.”
“London is ruined….they have sharia law”
“The UN is funding an assault on Western borders!” pic.twitter.com/HqcVEZ0lQX
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“He is racist”
In an interview with BBC London, Khan, whose parents immigrated from Pakistan, countered by throwing various epithets at the president.
– Trump has shown he is racist, he is sexist, he is misogynistic and he is Islamophobic, Khan said.
The mayor simultaneously defended London’s status as a world city, despite it being listed as the 16th most dangerous city in Europe according to the Numbeo Crime Index.
– We are often number one in the world when it comes to culture, foreign investment and sport. I’m really proud we are the greatest city in the world, Khan claimed.
London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan: “I appear to be living rent-free inside Donald Trump’s head. He is racist, he is sexist, he is misogynistic, and he is Islamophobic” pic.twitter.com/MuPU79ifEg
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He further claimed that a large number of Americans had actually chosen to move to London during Trump’s presidency.
Britons in minority
London has undergone extensive demographic change in recent decades. White Britons today constitute a minority in the capital, as well as in Birmingham and other major British cities after decades of extensive immigration primarily from Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Just over 15 percent of London’s population today identifies as Muslim.
Decades of mass immigration have brought enormous social and economic problems. Violent crimes, particularly knife attacks and gang-related violence, have increased sharply in the major cities where residents in many areas now live in insecurity and vulnerability.
Segregation has worsened dramatically with entire neighborhoods transformed into foreign ethnic enclaves as the native population has been successively forced to flee areas where British culture and language have been displaced by imported customs and norms.
Despite the extensive negative consequences for the white British population – from lost residential areas to increased insecurity and cultural displacement – both Labour and the Conservatives have for decades stubbornly continued to pursue a mass immigration policy that has fundamentally changed the country.
