Trump brands Khan a ‘nasty person’ as Starmer jumps to Mayor’s defence

Donald Trump has described Sir Sadiq Khan as a “nasty person” who has done “a terrible job”- Sir Keir Starmer jumped to his defence.

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00:00Trump's latest comments came as he was speaking to reporters at his Turnberry

00:10golf resort in South Asher in Scotland. He said he was not a fan of the London mayor,

00:18that Sadiq Khan was a nasty person who has done a terrible job for London. As the comments were

00:25made, the Prime Minister quickly jumped to Khan's defence and intervened to say he's a friend of mine.

00:34Trump did say he was keen once again to visit London. In response to those comments made by

00:43Mr Trump, this was during a press conference on Monday, a spokesperson for the mayor said Sadiq

00:52is delighted that President Trump wants to come to what they described as the greatest city in the

00:59world. They added he'd see how our diversity makes us stronger not weaker, richer not poorer,

01:08and suggested these were reasons why a record number of Americans have applied for British

01:16citizenship under Trump's presidency. Trump and Khan have certainly had a turbulent relationship

01:24over the last few years, with Trump previously describing the mayor as a loser and challenged

01:31him to an IQ test, while Sadiq attempted to get a state visit cancelled during Trump's previous term

01:40in office, and described him as a poster boy for racists.