Overview
- Downing Street said President Trump’s remarks about Sadiq Khan were wrong, praising the London mayor’s record after initially declining to criticise the comments.
- Trump told Politico that Khan is a “horrible, vicious, disgusting” mayor and claimed he was elected because “so many people have come in,” repeating a long-running feud.
- Cabinet ministers Yvette Cooper and Lisa Nandy publicly defended Khan, citing his work on housing, transport and multi-agency approaches to youth violence.
- At Prime Minister’s Questions, Keir Starmer said Europe is strong and united behind Ukraine, with his spokesperson rejecting Trump’s portrayal of a decaying continent.
- Sadiq Khan responded that Trump is obsessed with him and accused the president of racism, sexism, misogyny and Islamophobia.