London Mayor Sadiq Khan hits back at Trump’s 'nasty person' jibe, says he feels 'delighted'

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: London Mayor Sadiq Khan hit back at President Donald Trump as the British official's office said that he was "delighted" after the POTUS referred to him as a "nasty person."

During his meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the Trump Turnberry golf club on Monday, July 28, the Republican leader said, "I’m not a fan of your mayor. I think he’s done a terrible job, the Mayor of London… a nasty person."

As Starmer moved to Khan's defense, saying, "He's actually a friend of mine," the POTUS said that while he thinks Khan has "done a terrible job," he would still like to visit London.

Sadiq Khan's office says Donald Trump would see how diversity makes London stronger during his visit

Following this, a spokesperson for the London mayor stated that Sadiq Khan is "delighted" that Donald Trump would want to come and visit London, describing it as the "greatest city in the world."

"He’d see how our diversity makes us stronger, not weaker; richer, not poorer," they said, before adding, "Perhaps these are the reasons why a record number of Americans have applied for British citizenship under his Presidency."

Trump and Khan have had a fractious relationship since the MAGA leader's first presidency. He once attacked the London mayor by calling him a "stone-cold loser who should focus on crime in London" and even challenged him to an IQ test.

Meanwhile, after Trump won his second term, Khan said that Londoners should be "fearful" of what this win would "mean for democracy."

Despite this, as the UK moves to strengthen its ties with the US, Khan stated that "we should recognise the fact that Donald Trump is the elected president of the United States."

"Let's keep our fingers crossed that this president is different from the last time he was president," he added.

Donald Trump questions UK censorship powers as Keir Starmer defends child safety measures

During the press conference on Monday, a reporter asked Donald Trump about potential censorship of his social media platform, referencing newly introduced powers in the UK.

The reporter said, "Mr president, you have a successful social media site. There are new powers here to censor your sites, state-mandated power."

Trump replied, "You mean Truth," referring to his platform, Truth Social.

He then added, "I don't think he's going to censor me because I say only good things. Will you please uncensor my site?", turning to UK Prime Minister Starmer, who was seated beside him.

Meanwhile, Starmer firmly denied any such action as he was caught off guard by the question.

"No, no, no, no—we’re not censoring anyone," he said.

"We have got some measures which are there to protect children, in particular from sites like suicide... we have too many cases in the United Kingdom where young children, um, taking their lives and when you look through their social media, they have been accessing sites which talk about suicide," the UK prime minister added.