Sadiq Khan Calls Out Trump’s Racism and Extends an Olive Branch

[Social Media]

 

London’s Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has openly labeled former U.S. President Donald Trump a "racist," asserting that Trump targeted him based on his ethnicity and religion. Khan’s statements highlight a long-standing tension between the two, dating back to Trump’s presidency, when Khan faced multiple criticisms from Trump. According to Khan, "if I wasn’t this colour skin, he wouldn’t have come for me," a claim he made while speaking on the High Performance podcast. Khan shared that Trump’s criticism felt personal, remarking, “He wasn’t coming for me because I’m five foot six. He’s coming for me for – let’s be frank – my ethnicity and my religion.”

 

Khan has long condemned Trump’s policies, describing them as “sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic, racist.” The feud between the two gained attention in 2017 when Trump challenged Khan to an IQ test, then accused him of a poor response to the London Bridge terror attack. In a subsequent insult, Trump called Khan “very dumb” and a “stone-cold loser who should focus on crime in London.” Khan has responded by accusing Trump of "hard-Right populism" and even sanctioned the now-iconic "Trump baby blimp" to fly during Trump’s diplomatic visit to the UK.

 

Khan’s critique of Trump extends beyond personal grievances; he views Trump’s influence on the global stage as deeply troubling. “What worries me though, it’s not about me and my family – it’s about the fact that he’s the leader of the free world,” Khan said. He expressed a sense of duty to speak out against Trump’s divisive policies. “This is the president of the USA, a country we all adore, love,” he continued, stressing that the U.S. could either be a source of “hope and love” or “hate,” depending on its leader’s choices.

 

Reflecting on whether he would challenge Trump again, Khan was unwavering. “Would I do it again? Absolutely, because you’ve got to speak the truth with power,” he stated, underscoring the global impact of America’s policies. Khan insists that, as Mayor of London, he has a responsibility to advocate not only for Londoners but also for people affected by U.S. policies worldwide.

 

Despite their contentious history, Khan extended a surprising invitation for Trump to visit London. "I would love Donald Trump, whether he wins or not, to come to London," Khan said, offering to show Trump the city's diversity and inclusivity. “Let me show him around our wonderfully diverse communities. Let me take him on the Pride march next summer. Let me take him to a mosque, let me take him to some of our diverse communities,” he continued, emphasizing the compatibility of Western and Muslim identities. Khan underscored that pluralism and respect for differences are integral to democracy, hoping to demonstrate that “it is perfectly compatible to be a Westerner and to be a Muslim” and that treating women with respect is essential for any leader.

 

Through this invitation, Khan extended an olive branch, suggesting that understanding and dialogue are possible despite deep disagreements. He believes that while society is diverse, “the joy of democracy” is found in its pluralism. In Khan’s view, disagreement can be handled agreeably, and even bitter rivals can seek common ground to appreciate each other’s perspectives.

 

Based on a report by Daily Telegraph 2024-11-15

 

 

 

[Srikcir]

Trump doesn't eat olives. Try money.

[pattayasan]

Why? He'll be accusing the immigrants of eating the dogs.

[RichardColeman]

If I was Trump I'd ignore any contact with this piece of liberal (word deleted)

[Cryingdick]

Go to gay pride and visit mosques. lol Like we don't have any of that over here. Of course none of the diversity he highlight are actually traditional British culture. When do we go to eat bad food with white people who have bad teeth and speak funny? 

[JonnyF]

No Sadiq, he went for you because you are a lying, inept, race baiting, hypocritical weasel. 

 

I very much doubt Trump would waste any time with someone like Khan. Nor should he.  

[Chomper Higgot]

1 hour ago, Cryingdick said:

Go to gay pride and visit mosques. lol Like we don't have any of that over here. Of course none of the diversity he highlight are actually traditional British culture. When do we go to eat bad food with white people who have bad teeth and speak funny? 

I do accept you probably have no idea at about the centuries of diversity which has defined the city of London and the whole of ‘British’ history.

[JonnyF]

5 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I do accept you probably have no idea at about the centuries of diversity which has defined the city of London and the whole of ‘British’ history.

 

And look at London now. A crime ridden dump.

 

Holding up London as a great example of Diversity is like holding up Jeffrey Dahmer as a great example of alternative diet plans.  

[BKKBike09]

6 hours ago, Social Media said:

"I would love Donald Trump, whether he wins or not, to come to London," Khan said, offering to show Trump the city's diversity and inclusivity. “Let me show him around our wonderfully diverse communities. Let me take him on the Pride march next summer. Let me take him to a mosque, let me take him to some of our diverse communities,”

 

Maybe Khan could take him to Westminster Abbey, to Billingsgate Market, to a [name of London club] home game? Things / places that reflect the hundreds of years of London culture diversity that have nothing to do with Muslim and other minority group rights which, let's be frank, do not define London, however much this fool wants that to be the case.

 

But this is a guy who also said “This is the president of the USA, a country we all adore, love, we love Americans, we love American culture. But also America’s like a lighthouse. They can be somebody that’s a source of good, ripples of hope and love, but also ripples of hate".

 

What does he mean by 'American culture'? Misogynistic rap, Hollywood celebrities, soulless malls, fast food, money above all else, obsession with DEI?

 

I rather suspect the answer is yes. Although of course 'American culture' outside the cities also incorporates belief in family values, pride in your country and other now-unfashionable ideas.

 

As you can tell, I detest Sadiq Khan.

 

 

[JonnyF]

27 minutes ago, BKKBike09 said:

Maybe Khan could take him to Westminster Abbey, to Billingsgate Market, to a [name of London club] home game? Things / places that reflect the hundreds of years of London culture diversity that have nothing to do with Muslim and other minority group rights which, let's be frank, do not define London, however much this fool wants that to be the case.

 

His offer to go to the Mosque and a LGBT parade was simply a childish, snidey brag by Khan about what he's done to destroy the capital.

 

Rampant knife crime, anti-semitism rife, a broken transport system, a politically biased police force. He has nothing to be proud of. 

 

 

 

 

 

[DaveBart]

Khan has turned London into Londonstan

[Chomper Higgot]

2 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

And look at London now. A crime ridden dump.

 

Holding up London as a great example of Diversity is like holding up Jeffrey Dahmer as a great example of alternative diet plans.  

Well as Samuel Johnson said:

 

 "Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."

 

London is a fabulous city, one of the world’s greats.

 

Though those keen to bash Blighty would have us believe otherwise.

[phetphet]

2 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

And look at London now. A crime ridden dump.

 

Holding up London as a great example of Diversity is like holding up Jeffrey Dahmer as a great example of alternative diet plans.  

Oh it's diverse alright. More diverse than ever.

 

I was back in London a couple of weeks ago. Each time I go back it feels more alien to me. New skyline, shops and restaurants I knew either gone or changed use, whole blocks torn down and replaced, foreign voices in languages that I can't even begin to recognise. By that I mean you can sort of tell if someone is speaking french, italian, spanish, arabic, russian, swedish etc., but this time there were many languages where I couldn't even guess what being spoken. Lots of druggies, and homeless on the streets as well.

On the bright side, the recently opened Elizabeth Line is amazing. It makes getting across London far easier.

 

[JonnyF]

9 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Well as Samuel Johnson said:

 

 "Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."

 

 

Yes, in better times that was true.

 

Now, it's a crime ridden dump. 

 

Sorry, I mean culturally enriched. My bad. 

[Chomper Higgot]

3 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

Yes, in better times that was true.

 

Now, it's a crime ridden dump. 

 

Sorry, I mean culturally enriched. My bad. 

London has always been a culturally mixed city and the imaginary ‘better times’ of the past are a mirage that fixates those who life is passing by.

[Purdey]

No children shot in schools in the UK.

A knife's killing range is the length of an arm. 

I would think people knew this.

[JonnyF]

6 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

London has always been a culturally mixed city and the imaginary ‘better times’ of the past are a mirage that fixates those who life is passing by.

 

Back to the gaslighting I see 😆

[RayC]

6 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

Go to gay pride and visit mosques. lol Like we don't have any of that over here. Of course none of the diversity he highlight are actually traditional British culture. When do we go to eat bad food with white people who have bad teeth and speak funny? 

 

Bad food? 50 years ago you were right. Nowadays - thanks to immigrants mainly - choice and quality of cuisine has greatly improved.

 

Bad teeth? Maybe but those braces and uniform pearly whites seen in the US mean that sunglasses are a necessity.

 

Speak funny? Now you are 'aving a larf?

[frank83628]

what racism?

[ravip]

8 hours ago, Srikcir said:

Trump doesn't eat olives. Try money.

He'll need a lot!

[pattayasan]

5 hours ago, JonnyF said:

No Sadiq, he went for you because you are a lying, inept, race baiting, hypocritical weasel. 

 

I very much doubt Trump would waste any time with someone like Khan. Nor should he.  

 

Yep, write off one of the top half dozen cities in the world because you don't like the mayor. I'm sure he's gonna do that. Maybe Trump might. I hope so actually, it'll just be another strike against him.

[JonnyF]

1 minute ago, pattayasan said:

 

Yep, write off one of the top half dozen cities in the world because you don't like the mayor. I'm sure he's gonna do that. Maybe Trump might. I hope so actually, it'll just be another strike against him.

 

He can ignore Khan. 

 

Starmer will roll out the red carpet anyway. The little bootlicker that he is. 

[BKKBike09]

5 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Well as Samuel Johnson said:

 

 "Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."

 

London is a fabulous city, one of the world’s greats.

 

Though those keen to bash Blighty would have us believe otherwise.

 

 

I'm surprised at you, Chomps. 'Blighty'? We now know that this is yet another example of cultural appropriation from our evil Colonial past.

 

An informal and often affectionate term for Britain or England, chiefly as used by soldiers of the First and Second World Wars (in the First World War, a wound which was sufficiently serious to merit being shipped home to Britain was known as a Blighty). The term was first used by soldiers serving in India, and is an Anglo-Indian alteration of Urdu bilāyatī ‘foreign, European’, from Arabic wilāyat, wilāya ‘dominion, district’.

 

Also, I think Johnson's famous quote should be amended for historical context, given that the ethnography of C18th London was almost exclusively Caucasian. 

 

 "Why, Sir, you find no White man or even, though it is a modern concept, no White woman, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a White man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."

 

Johnson's manservant, a former Jamaican slave named Francis Barber, left London pretty much as soon as he was able.

 

 

[Chomper Higgot]

1 hour ago, BKKBike09 said:

 

 

I'm surprised at you, Chomps. 'Blighty'? We now know that this is yet another example of cultural appropriation from our evil Colonial past.

 

An informal and often affectionate term for Britain or England, chiefly as used by soldiers of the First and Second World Wars (in the First World War, a wound which was sufficiently serious to merit being shipped home to Britain was known as a Blighty). The term was first used by soldiers serving in India, and is an Anglo-Indian alteration of Urdu bilāyatī ‘foreign, European’, from Arabic wilāyat, wilāya ‘dominion, district’.

 

Also, I think Johnson's famous quote should be amended for historical context, given that the ethnography of C18th London was almost exclusively Caucasian. 

 

 "Why, Sir, you find no White man or even, though it is a modern concept, no White woman, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a White man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."

 

Johnson's manservant, a former Jamaican slave named Francis Barber, left London pretty much as soon as he was able.

 

 

I think we can stick with Samuel Johnson’s actual words, they not I the least improved by your grievance motivated nonsense.

 

[herfiehandbag]

15 hours ago, Srikcir said:

Trump doesn't eat olives. Try money.

I expect he would at least try them - dunked in bright yellow chemical "cheese" and then deep fried...

 

Frightfully sophisticated, and would give a new, umm, twist, to his farts!

[AnnaBanana]

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[alex8912]

With the partial list of words that  Sadiq calls Trumps policies I would bet he is definitely one of the top habitual posters on this forum. 

[pattayasan]

2 hours ago, AnnaBanana said:

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Can he write a prescription for two brain cells?

[RayC]

Despite the categorisation of London as "crime infested" dump by some posters - whose recent experience of the UK capital city probably amounts to no more than a couple of hours every few years - London figures highly (top 20%) in many surveys such as the annual Berkshire Hathaway Safest Cities of the World and The Economist Intelligence Unit Livability Index, more often than not ahead of cities such as Bangkok, NYC and Paris. ahead of New York City, Tokyo, and Paris. 

[CG1 Blue]

35 minutes ago, RayC said:

Despite the categorisation of London as "crime infested" dump by some posters - whose recent experience of the UK capital city probably amounts to no more than a couple of hours every few years - London figures highly (top 20%) in many surveys such as the annual Berkshire Hathaway Safest Cities of the World and The Economist Intelligence Unit Livability Index, more often than not ahead of cities such as Bangkok, NYC and Paris. ahead of New York City, Tokyo, and Paris. 

It's fine until you venture into the ghettos, places like Tower Hamlets. You wouldn't want to be white and walking alone around that sh hole.

The Bangladeshi 'community' there gave me a very warm welcome about 15 years ago when I was walking back to my Isle of Dogs room alone. 6 kind young men relieved me of all my possessions at knifepoint. 

 

Maybe Khan can take Trump for a wander around Tower Hamlets after 9pm.