London's Mayor compared Trump to 11-year-old child
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, compared Donald Trump to a young child after the US President called him a
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LONDON, United Kingdon - The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, compared Donald Trump to a young child after the US President called him a "stone-cold loser."
LONDON, United Kingdon - The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, compared Donald Trump to a young child after the US President called him a "stone-cold loser."
Khan told CNN that he was "not offended in the slightest" by the remarks, delivered as Trump began his state visit to the UK on Monday, but added that the US was expected to behave more like a role model.
This is the sort of behavior I would expect from an 11-year-old," Khan said. "But it's for him to decide how he behaves. It's not for me to respond in a like manner. I think it's beneath me to do childish tweets and name-calling."
Trump is in London for a three-day state visit, a trip marked by both pageantry and protests.
The president received a royal welcome from Queen Elizabeth on Monday, completed with a guard of honor march, gun salutes and an opulent white-tie state banquet at Buckingham Palace.
But the visit has also attracted anti-Trump protests. As Khan spoke to CNN at City Hall in London, a large inflatable caricature of the US President as a diaper-wearing baby was inflated outside the UK Parliament.
Khan said people in London had the right to protest, as long as it's done peacefully. "They'll be articulating the concerns we have about the values we both hold dear," Khan said.
Asked whether the UK should be pragmatic in its approach to Trump, given its desire for a post-Brexit trade deal, Khan warned against false hopes. "His mood changes from hour to hour," Khan said. "He can be upset by an article in a Sunday newspaper to the effect that he resorts to name-calling."
n the interview, Khan said Trump had amplified hard-right views and defended white supremacists. "I think it's wrong to amplify the tweets form racists in this country as Donald Trump has done so. I think it wrong, by the way, to separate children from their parents on the border. I think it's wrong to ban people from coming to your country because of the faith they belong to. I think it's wrong to roll back the progress that's been made on the reproductive rights of women or LGBT+ rights."
But the mayor also struck more emollient tone, saying that people in the UK "cherish the special relationship" with the US, "love America and also respect American politicians."
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