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Sadiq Khan London mayor says Trump is Islamophobic
The Guardian
|September 25, 2025
Sadiq Khan has hit back at Donald Trump, accusing the US president of being “racist, sexist, misogynistic and Islamophobic” after he used a speech at the UN to call the London mayor “terrible” and claim the city was being steered toward “sharia law”.
Trump’s remarks on Tuesday night provoked anger among Labour figures, with the health secretary, Wes Streeting, praising Khan as someone who “stands up for difference of background and opinion”.
However, Pat McFadden, the work and pensions secretary, a close ally of Keir Starmer, stopped short yesterday of commenting on Trump’s remarks about Khan. Instead, McFadden defended London as a global city.
Khan later launched a blistering attack on Trump. He said: “I think President Trump has shown he is racist, he is sexist, he is misogynistic and he's Islamophobic.”
The London mayor also subtly criticised senior Labour figures, including the prime minister, for not calling out Trump’s rhetoric.
This story is from the September 25, 2025 edition of The Guardian.
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