Stansted, England - Donald Trump lashed
out at London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Monday, calling him a
"stone-cold loser" after the mayor criticised the British
government for inviting the US president for a state visit.
On Monday, Trump arrived in Britain with his wife Melania
for a three day visit, and he had already blasted Khan before
his plane touched down.
"@SadiqKhan, who by all accounts has done a terrible job as
Mayor of London, has been foolishly 'nasty' to the visiting
President of the United States, by far the most important ally
of the United Kingdom," Trump said on Twitter shortly before Air
Force One landed at Stansted Airport near London.
"He is a stone cold loser who should focus on crime in
London, not me."
. @SadiqKhan, who by all accounts has done a terrible job as Mayor of London, has been foolishly “nasty” to the visiting President of the United States, by far the most important ally of the United Kingdom. He is a stone cold loser who should focus on crime in London, not me......
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2019
On Sunday, Labour's Khan said it was important to have good
relations with the United States but that Britain should not be
"rolling out the red carpet" for Trump. He has also compared
Trump to 20th century fascists.
"This is much more serious than childish insults which
should be beneath the President of the United States," a
spokesman for the mayor said.
"Sadiq is representing the progressive values of London and
our country warning that Donald Trump is the most egregious
example of a growing far-right threat around the globe."
....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
Trump will be treated to a display of British royal
pageantry during the June 3-5 visit: lunch and a formal dinner
with Queen Elizabeth, tea with heir Prince Charles, and a tour
of Westminster Abbey, coronation church of English monarchs for
1,000 years.
He will also commemorate the 75th anniversary of the World
War Two D-Day landings, and foreign minister and Conservative
leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt said the trip should be above
party politics.
Hunt, who greeted Trump at Stansted Airport, said that Trump
had mentioned the mayor to him on arrival.
"He wasn't exactly saying that he's going to be inviting
Sadiq Khan for royal treatment at the White House any time
soon," Hunt told the BBC, declining to give further details of
the conversation.