Donald Trump has been blasted after claiming London is "unrecognisable" after Europe "opened its door to jihad."
The former president made the incendiary remarks at an election rally in Wisconsin on Wednesday where he claimed he would "never" allow the same situation in the US. He told supporters: "We've seen what happened when Europe opened its doors to jihad. Look at Paris, look at London, they're no longer recognisable.
"I'm gonna get myself into a lot of trouble with the folks in Paris and the folks in London, but you know what, that's the fact. They are no longer recognisable and we can't let that happen to our country."
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Trump claimed London was "unrecognisable" (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)The 77-year-old risks reopening his long-running feud with London Mayor Sadiq Khan after he claimed he would "never" let it happen in the US. Trump added: "We have incredible culture, tradition. Nothing wrong with their culture, their tradition - we can't let that happen here and I'll never let it happen to the United States of America.'
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Sadiq Khan responded to the controversial comments by saying it was the perfect opportunity in the local elections to choose "hope over fear." He said: "Today is an opportunity to show Donald Trump and my Tory opponent that London will always choose hope over fear and unity over division. This election will be close. Polls are open until 10pm this evening and you will need photo ID to vote."
Sadiq Khan responded to Trump's comments (Nicola Tree)Trump has previously criticised the London mayor back claming Khan had "done a terrible job in London". The comments came just before a visit to London while he was president. Trump also said in another interview that he felt Khan had 'done a very bad job on terrorism."
Khan responded saying he would be happy to meet Trump to explain "in a respectful, courteous manner where I think he's wrong on a couple of issues." Before Trump's state visit to London protesters received permission from Khan's office to fly a blimp showing Trump dressed as a baby while crying.
Activists inflate a giant balloon depicting US President Donald Trump as an orange baby during a demonstration against Trump's visit to the UK in 2018 (AFP via Getty Images)The former president's comments come as Trump returned briefly to the campaign trail Wednesday and called the judge presiding over his hush money trial “crooked” a day after he was held in contempt of court and threatened with jail time for violating a gag order.
Trump’s remarks at events in the battleground states of Wisconsin and Michigan were being closely watched after he received a £7,000 fine for making public statements about people connected to the criminal case. In imposing the fine for posts on Trump’s Truth Social account and campaign website, Judge Juan M. Merchan said that if Trump continued to violate his orders, he would “impose an incarceratory punishment.”
“There is no crime. I have a crooked judge. He’s a totally conflicted judge,” Trump said speaking to supporters at an event in Waukesha, Wisconsin, claiming again that this and other cases against him are led by the White House to undermine his campaign.
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