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| Trump calls London Mayor Khan ‘ignorant’ & predicts poor relations with Cameron | Trump calls London Mayor Khan ‘ignorant’ & predicts poor relations with Cameron |
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| White House hopeful Donald Trump says he is unlikely to have a good relationship with British Prime Minister David Cameron and has suggested London’s new Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, is “ignorant” and should take an IQ test. | White House hopeful Donald Trump says he is unlikely to have a good relationship with British Prime Minister David Cameron and has suggested London’s new Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, is “ignorant” and should take an IQ test. |
| Republican nominee Trump has fought a war of words with British politicians since controversially calling for a ban on Muslims entering the US last year. | Republican nominee Trump has fought a war of words with British politicians since controversially calling for a ban on Muslims entering the US last year. |
| Reacting to calls to have Trump banned from the UK for the remarks, Cameron called the property tycoon’s proposal “divisive, stupid and wrong.” | Reacting to calls to have Trump banned from the UK for the remarks, Cameron called the property tycoon’s proposal “divisive, stupid and wrong.” |
| Trump told ITV: “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 is not willing to address the problem either,” Trump said. | “I hope to have a good relationship with him but it sounds like he is not willing to address the problem either,” Trump said. |
| “The world is blowing up and it’s not people from Sweden that’s doing the damage okay. So we have a real problem.” | “The world is blowing up and it’s not people from Sweden that’s doing the damage okay. So we have a real problem.” |
| A spokesperson for Cameron's office says the prime minister stands by his comments. | A spokesperson for Cameron's office says the prime minister stands by his comments. |
| "The prime minister has made his views on Donald Trump's comments very clear. He disagrees with them. | "The prime minister has made his views on Donald Trump's comments very clear. He disagrees with them. |
| "He continues to believe that preventing Muslims from entering the US is divisive, stupid and ignorant." | "He continues to believe that preventing Muslims from entering the US is divisive, stupid and ignorant." |
| When asked who would prefer to be the next president, the spokesperson said he would not comment on another country's election, Reuters reports. | When asked who would prefer to be the next president, the spokesperson said he would not comment on another country's election, Reuters reports. |
| "He is committed to maintaining the special relationship," the spokesperson said. | "He is committed to maintaining the special relationship," the spokesperson said. |
| Chancellor George Osborne says Britain will hold talks with Trump "in our interests." | |
| "Of course we stand by what we said when he made it clear he didn't want Muslims coming into the United States. | |
| "Both myself, David Cameron and others were pretty clear that was not a view we supported. | |
| "But he's an American presidential candidate and we will talk to him because it is in our interests to talk to our allies like the United States of America." | |
| Trump is expected to visit London this summer during a tour of foreign capitals in the run-up to the American election. | |
| Meanwhile Trump, who had previously wished newly elected London Mayor Sadiq Khan well, says he is offended by Khan’s comments that he is ignorant about Islam. | |
| “He doesn’t know me, never met me, doesn’t know what I am all about. I think they are very rude statements. | “He doesn’t know me, never met me, doesn’t know what I am all about. I think they are very rude statements. |
| “Frankly tell him I will remember those statements. They are very nasty statements. It is ignorant for him to say that. | “Frankly tell him I will remember those statements. They are very nasty statements. It is ignorant for him to say that. |
| “When he won I wished him well. Now, I don’t care about him. I mean it doesn’t make any difference to me. Let’s see how he does, let’s see if he is a good mayor,” Trump said. | “When he won I wished him well. Now, I don’t care about him. I mean it doesn’t make any difference to me. Let’s see how he does, let’s see if he is a good mayor,” Trump said. |
| A spokesperson for Khan has hit back at the comments, saying: “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.” | A spokesperson for Khan has hit back at the comments, saying: “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.” |
| Asked if Khan would take up an offer of an IQ test, the spokesperson said: “Ignorance is not the same as a lack of intelligence.” | Asked if Khan would take up an offer of an IQ test, the spokesperson said: “Ignorance is not the same as a lack of intelligence.” |
| When asked about Britain’s membership of the EU, Trump said: “I’ve dealt with the European Union, it’s very, very bureaucratic, it’s very, very difficult. | When asked about Britain’s membership of the EU, Trump said: “I’ve dealt with the European Union, it’s very, very bureaucratic, it’s very, very difficult. |
| “In terms of Britain I would say ‘what do you need it for?’” | “In terms of Britain I would say ‘what do you need it for?’” |
| United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage says he would vote for Trump to be the next president, despite some “reservations.” | United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage says he would vote for Trump to be the next president, despite some “reservations.” |
| “Let’s put it like this. I couldn’t vote for Hillary [Clinton] even if you paid me,” Farage said. | “Let’s put it like this. I couldn’t vote for Hillary [Clinton] even if you paid me,” Farage said. |
| “If you put me up against a wall, it’s got to be him [Trump], not Hillary. But I have reservations. Encouraging people to beat up protesters, one or two things like that bother me. | “If you put me up against a wall, it’s got to be him [Trump], not Hillary. But I have reservations. Encouraging people to beat up protesters, one or two things like that bother me. |
| “But I tell you what, I think he’s going to win,” Farage said. | “But I tell you what, I think he’s going to win,” Farage said. |