1. US presidential hopeful adds to war of words with British
politicians
2. Billionaire caused fury after proposing ban on Muslims
entering America
3. Trump admitted relationship with David Cameron may not be
'very good'
4. Republican calls Sadiq Khan is 'ignorant' and will
'remember' his criticism
5. Khan spokesman brands Trump 'divisive and dangerous' over
remarks
6. Downing Street insists the PM stands by his condemnation of
Trump's policy
Donald Trump has today said he is unlikely to have a 'very
good relationship' with David Cameron and called Sadiq Khan 'ignorant' and in
need of an IQ test.
The Republican presidential presumptive nominee turned on
the Prime Minister and London's mayor after both criticised his proposal to ban
all Muslims from the US.
Trump said the Mr Cameron's anger at his immigration policy
was proof 'he's not willing to address the problem either'.
He also branded new London Mayor Sadiq Khan 'ignorant' for
his criticism of the policy and said the Labour politician should take an IQ
test.
He said: 'He doesn't know me, hasn't met me, doesn't know
what I'm all about. I think they were very rude statements and, frankly, tell
him I will remember those statements. They are very nasty statements.'
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Angry: Donald Trump told Piers Morgan today that London
Mayor Sadiq Khan is 'ignorant' and said he should take an IQ test
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Mr Khan, who was mobbed by Londoners wanting selfies this
morning, hit back at Mr Trump to warn ignorance was not the same as
intelligence
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And he also weighed in to the EU referendum battle and said
the UK should leave because: 'What do you need it for?'
However, Downing Street insisted the PM 'stands by his
words' and would not be apologising.
Mr Trump has been in a war of words with British politicians
since December when he called for 'a total and complete shutdown of Muslims
entering the United States'
The billionaire's statement after the killing of 14 people
by two ISIS sympathisers in California were branded 'stupid' and 'divisive' by
David Cameron.
In an exclusive interview with Good Morning Britain he told
Piers Morgan that he might struggle to get on with the Prime Minister if he is
elected president.
He said: 'It looks like we're not going to have a very good
relationship, who knows, I hope to have a good relationship with him but it
sounds like he's not willing to address the problem either'.
London's first Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan said while
campaigning that he would be banned from America if Mr Trump was elected.
He said that Trump's comments 'plays into the hands of the
extremists' and called him 'ignorant'.
Today the hotel mogul responded by saying: 'When he won I
wished him well. Now, I don't care about him, I mean it doesn't mean any
difference to me, let's see how he does, let's see if he's a good mayor.'
Asked if he was offended by Mr Khan's public denouncement he
replied: 'Yeah, I am.'
A spokesman for Mr Khan rejected the new statement.
He said: 'Donald Trump's views are ignorant, divisive and
dangerous - it's the politics of fear at its worst and will be rejected at the
ballot box just as it was in London.
'Sadiq has spent his whole life fighting extremism, but
Trump's remarks make that fight much harder for us all - it plays straight into
the extremists hands and makes both our countries less safe.'
Asked if Mr Khan would take up the offer of an IQ test, the
spokesman said: 'Ignorance is not the same thing as a lack of intelligence.'
Targets: Mr Trump has criticised David Cameron and Sadiq
Khan in a new interview and also said Britain should leave the EU
In today's interview, Mr Trump denied he was 'at war' with
Mr Khan but said: 'I just think it's very rude of him. In fact it's the
opposite. I wished him well when I heard he won, he's a Muslim... I think it's
ignorant for him to say that.'
The United States is Britain's closest ally and political
leaders from both nations often speak of how the countries' enjoy a special
relationship.
Cameron earlier this month refused to retract his 'divisive,
stupid and wrong' comment but said that Trump deserved respect for making it
through the gruelling Republican primary process.
Mr Trump was asked if he wanted to retract his proposed ban
on Muslims.
'We have a tremendous problem with radical Islamic terror,'
he said.
'The world is blowing up and its not people from Sweden
that's doing the damage okay. So we have a real problem.'
He also weighed in to the EU battle and said: 'What do you
need it for?'
He added: 'I've dealt with the European Union, it's very
very bureaucratic, it's very very difficult. But again, let people make up
their own mind.'
Mr Trump sparked a huge row when he announced his policy on
a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United State.
He said: 'Until we are able to determine and understand this
problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our country cannot be the victim of
horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad.
'We should definitely disallow any Muslims from coming in.
Any of them. The reason is simple: we can't identify what their attitude is.'
Mr Trump used the terror attacks in Paris to bolster his
argument, saying: 'They have sections in Paris that are radicalised, where the
police refuse to go there. They're petrified. The police refuse to go in
there.'
He added: 'We have places in London and other places that
are so radicalised that police are afraid for their own lives.'
Mr Trump currently trails in most opinion polls behind his
likely Democrat rival Hillary Clinton ahead of November's general election
The Home Secretary joined David Cameron and Boris Johnson in
criticising Mr Trump but some serving police officers told MailOnline he was
right.
The proposal provoked outrage and inspired the then largest
biggest petition to Parliament demanding Mr Trump be banned from Britain.
The Government refused to endorse the petition directly but
several senior politicians, led by Mr Cameron, took the opportunity to
enthusiastically condemn the then outsider for the White House.
In the same Piers Morgan interview Mr Trump said a
post-Brexit UK would not be sent to the back of the queue to secure a trade
deal with the US should he become president.
His comments contradict those of President Barack Obama who
on a visit to Downing Street warned last month that Britain would be ‘at the
back of the queue’ in terms of a trade deal. Mr Trump repeated his opinion that
the UK should leave the EU and said: ‘I think if I were from Britain I would
probably want to go back to a different system.’
Asked if the UK would be at the front of the queue for a
trade deal under a Trump presidency, he replied: ‘I don’t want to say front or
anything else. I mean, I’m going to treat everybody fairly but it wouldn’t make
any difference to me whether they were in the EU or not.’
He added: ‘You’d certainly not be back of the queue, that I
can tell you.’
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