Mayor of London, sir sadiq khantook a dig at him donald trump have a crush on. Just a few days ago the US President had called him “grossly incompetent”. Speaking at the launch of his Heat Ready London plan at Islington Fire Station on Thursday, Khan shrugged off Trump’s harsh words.
“I’m not sure why I’m living rent-free with President Trump in mind,” the London mayor told reporters at the event.via bbc). Sir Sadiq Khan said, “I’m not at all clear why this guy has a crush on me.” He cheekily explained Trump’s commitment, adding, “It may be because I am the mayor of a progressive, multicultural, liberal, successful city.
Khan also pointed to London’s recent international recognition, noting that the city won the Lee Kuan Yew Award for urban planning last week, and suggested that this achievement may be the real source of Donald Trump’s irritation.
Trump made his comments at the White House on Wednesday, telling reporters that Khan was a “bad guy” and a “terrible representative” for the United Kingdom.
There have been repeated conflicts between the two in the last few years. Their feud stretches back to 2015, when Khan publicly condemned Trump’s call to ban Muslims from traveling to the United States. After Khan was elected mayor in 2016, he described Trump’s views on Islam as “ignorant”. Tensions rose again after the 2017 London Bridge terror attack, when Trump criticized Khan’s public safety statement on social media.
Khan’s “crush” language draws an ironic parallel to Trump’s own awkward diplomatic vocabulary. Recently the US President described his relations with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in similarly emotional terms. During the G7 summit in France, Trump referred to their first meeting before the 2016 election. “I met her … and we fell in love. Deeply in love,” Trump said. He said there was “good chemistry” between them and the meeting went on over time.
Originally reported by Devanshi Basu Mandatory