He told the biggest-ever gathering of mayors that the US president was one of the climate wreckers they needed to fight back against to reduce the threat of global warming. Speaking in the magical city of Rio on Monday morning, he said: Famous among the wreckers is the President of the United States of America - someone who stood up at the United Nations, only a matter of weeks ago, and called the climate crisis a scam.
The Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan celebrated his birthday on board a 268million superyacht in the heart of London, according to reports. Sir Sadiq is understood to have marked his 55th birthday with a private celebration on the huge vessel anchored near London Bridge and was hosted by billionaire Fulham FC owner Shahid Khan. The mayor's appearance on one of the extravagant superyachts has been criticised by his rivals in City Hall, with one insider suggesting to the Express that it was inappropriate.
Khan replied, "I don't think it is antisemitic, and I think it's all about context. "Some slogans can be antisemitic, but it's all about context. And in certain contexts, yes, those slogans are antisemitic. In other contexts, they're not." Hall said that the pro-Palestine protests took place in London and protesters were seen "screaming chants at passing commuters." The Home Secretary to the protests "should not have gone ahead" on Yom Kippur which is the holiest day of the year for the Jewish community.
Trump said: I look at London, where you have a terrible mayor, terrible, terrible mayor, and it's been changed, it's been so changed. Now they want to go to sharia law. But you are in a different country, you can't do that. There is no evidence that Khan, a member of the soft left of the Labour party who defines himself as a liberal and progressive, wishes to introduce any form of sharia law in London.
Sir Sadiq stated, "There are people at home who believe we should pull up the drawbridge to international students, or punish universities that choose to welcome people from around the world. Closing our country to global talent would be an act of immense economic self-harm - one that would slow down growth and leave working people in Britain worse off than before."
London's communities deserve unequivocal leadership when faced with divisive rhetoric from Number 10. The Mayor's refusal to clearly condemn language that dehumanises migrants and deepens division shows a failure of leadership at a critical moment.
