LONDON: London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Tuesday slammed Donald Trump’s “ignorant” view of Islam, after the Republican presidential contender suggested Khan could be exempted from a proposed temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States.
Khan, elected London mayor on Saturday, had expressed worries that he would not be able to visit the US were Trump elected in November.
“There will always be exceptions,” Trump told the Times in an interview published Monday.
The brash real estate billionaire — who has alienated many Americans with insults against immigrants, Muslims and women — welcomed Khan’s election.
“I was happy to see that,” he said. “I think it’s a very good thing, and I hope he does a very good job because frankly that would be very, very good.”
“If he does a good job, and frankly if he does a great job, that would be a terrific thing,” he added.
Khan, whose parents are Pakistani immigrants, is London’s first Muslim mayor.
“I want to go to America to meet with and engage with American mayors,” he told Time magazine.
“If Donald Trump becomes the president I’ll be stopped from going there by virtue of my faith,” he said, adding he was confident “Donald Trump’s approach to politics” would not win.
Khan doubled down on his criticism of Trump, even after learning that the presumed Republican presidential candidate would probably exempt him from it.
“This isn’t just about me — it’s about my friends, my family and everyone who comes from a background similar to mine, anywhere in the world,” Khan said.
He added: “Donald Trump’s ignorant view of Islam could make both of our countries less safe — it risks alienating mainstream Muslims around the world and plays into the hands of extremists,” said the mayor-elect.
“Donald Trump and those around him think that Western liberal values are incompatible with mainstream Islam. London has proved him wrong.”
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The comments came in a Monday taping of a podcast with President Barack Obama’s former aide, David Axelrod, at the University of Chicago.
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Khan, elected London mayor on Saturday, had expressed worries that he would not be able to visit the US were Trump elected in November.
“There will always be exceptions,” Trump told the Times in an interview published Monday.
The brash real estate billionaire — who has alienated many Americans with insults against immigrants, Muslims and women — welcomed Khan’s election.
“I was happy to see that,” he said. “I think it’s a very good thing, and I hope he does a very good job because frankly that would be very, very good.”
“If he does a good job, and frankly if he does a great job, that would be a terrific thing,” he added.
Khan, whose parents are Pakistani immigrants, is London’s first Muslim mayor.
“I want to go to America to meet with and engage with American mayors,” he told Time magazine.
“If Donald Trump becomes the president I’ll be stopped from going there by virtue of my faith,” he said, adding he was confident “Donald Trump’s approach to politics” would not win.
Khan doubled down on his criticism of Trump, even after learning that the presumed Republican presidential candidate would probably exempt him from it.
“This isn’t just about me — it’s about my friends, my family and everyone who comes from a background similar to mine, anywhere in the world,” Khan said.
He added: “Donald Trump’s ignorant view of Islam could make both of our countries less safe — it risks alienating mainstream Muslims around the world and plays into the hands of extremists,” said the mayor-elect.
“Donald Trump and those around him think that Western liberal values are incompatible with mainstream Islam. London has proved him wrong.”
Jon Stewart labels the
billionaire a ‘man-baby’
Jon Stewart has been on the sidelines for one of the wildest campaign seasons in memory. But he’s weighing in with a new dig at old foe Trump, labeling the billionaire a “man-baby.”
The comments came in a Monday taping of a podcast with President Barack Obama’s former aide, David Axelrod, at the University of Chicago.
Stewart joked that Trump has the “physical countenance of a man and a baby’s temperament and hands,” adding that as a “man-baby,” he isn’t sure Trump is eligible to run for president.
