Donald Trump claimed mass immigration made London ‘unrecognisable’ after Europe ‘opened its doors to jihad’ – insisting he would ‘never’ allow the same thing to happen to the US United.
The former US president’s remarks, made to supporters at a campaign rally in Wisconsin on Wednesday, are the 77-year-old’s latest attack on the British capital and risk reigniting his long-running feud with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.
“We saw what happened when Europe opened its doors to jihad. Look at Paris, look at London, they’re not recognizable anymore,” Trump told supporters at a May Day rally as he returned to the campaign trail away from his legal troubles.
“I’m going to get into a lot of trouble with the people in Paris and London, but you know what, that’s the fact. They are no longer recognizable and we cannot let this happen to our country.
“We have an incredible culture and tradition. There is nothing wrong with their culture, their tradition. We cannot let this happen here and I will never let this happen in the United States of America.
Sadiq Khan then responded to Trump’s comments.
“Today is an opportunity to show Donald Trump and my conservative opponent that London will always choose hope over fear and unity over division. This election will be close. Polling stations are open until 10pm tonight and you will need photo ID to vote,” he told MailOnline.
“We saw what happened when Europe opened its doors to jihad. Look at Paris, look at London, they’re no longer recognizable,” Trump told supporters at a May Day rally in Wisconsin.
Wednesday’s rally marked Trump’s return to the campaign trail despite his legal troubles in New York.
“Today is an opportunity to show Donald Trump and my Conservative opponent that London will always choose hope over fear and unity over division,” Khan told MailOnline.
Before a visit to London in 2018, when he was serving president, Trump criticized Khan as having “done a terrible job in London.”
Khan responded by telling the Huffington Post that he would be happy to meet with Trump to explain “in a respectful and courteous way where I think he’s wrong on a few things.”
In another exchange, Trump said he felt Khan had “done a very bad job on terrorism.”
That same year, as Trump arrived in the British capital for a state visit, protesters received permission from Khan’s office to fly an airship showing Trump dressed as a crying baby.
In 2016, Trump had a similar dispute with Boris Johnson, then mayor of London, when he said on the campaign trail: “London and other places… are so radicalized that the police are afraid for their own lives.”
Johnson called Trump “ill-informed.”
“The only reason I wouldn’t go to certain areas of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump,” he responded jokingly.
Two years later, Trump told then-Prime Minister Theresa May that there were “no-go zones” in London due to the presence of jihadists. May later said she disagreed with this statement.
In 2016, when Boris Johnson was mayor of London, he joked that he wouldn’t go to New York for fear of running into Trump. The two later repaired their relationship.
In 2018, Trump claimed that Islamic radicalization had turned parts of London into “no-go zones”, which then-Prime Minister Theresa May disagreed with.
The huge inflatable depicts the American president in a diaper and holding a cell phone
Trump’s latest remarks also come as US police remove pro-Palestinian encampments set up by students on college campuses across the country.
These encampments have been the scene of violence, including widespread brawls between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian supporters at UCLA in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Speaking about the protests, Trump encouraged officials to continue with their deportations.
“To every university president, I say remove the encampments immediately. Defeat the radicals and take back our campuses for all normal students who want a safe place to learn,” he said.
Trump’s remarks at events in the battleground states of Wisconsin and Michigan were closely watched after he was fined $9,000 for making public statements about people linked to the criminal case.
In imposing the fine for posts on Trump’s Truth Social account and campaign website, Judge Juan M. Merchan said that if Trump continued to violate his orders, he would “impose a term of imprisonment.”
“There is no crime. I have a corrupt judge. He’s a totally conflicted judge,” Trump said speaking to supporters at an event in Waukesha, Wis., once again asserting that this case and others against him were being pursued by the House Blanche to undermine his campaign.
Earlier this week, Trump was fined $9,000 for breaking an order of silence in his case involving Stormy Daniels.
Trump pictured with porn star Stormy Daniels in 2006
The former president is attempting to achieve a balance unprecedented in American history by running for a second term as the presumptive Republican nominee while also battling felony charges in New York.
Trump frequently attacks Merchan, prosecutors and potential witnesses at his rallies and on social media, lines of attack that sit well with his supporters but have potentially put him in further legal jeopardy.
Later, at a rally in Freeland, Michigan, he said he was forced to spend days in a “kangaroo courtroom” and claimed without evidence that the prosecutor was taking orders from the Biden administration.
“I have to do two of these things a day. You know why? Because I’m in New York all the time with the Biden trial,” he said. “It’s a fake trial. They’re doing it to try to take away your powers, to try to take away your candidate.
Even before the secret trial began on April 15, Trump had held only a handful of public campaign events since becoming his party’s presumptive nominee in March.
The silence order prohibits him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others linked to his hush money case. Trump is still free to criticize the judge and the prosecutor.
Trump insists he is simply exercising his right to free speech, but the offensive posts from his Truth Social account and campaign website have been removed. Merchan is evaluating other alleged violations of the hush order and will hear arguments Thursday.
Participants agreed he was being unfairly prosecuted, saying the trial and the silence order were designed to distract him.
Later, at a rally in Freeland, Michigan, he said he was forced to spend days in a “kangaroo courtroom” and claimed without evidence that the prosecutor was following the prosecutor’s orders. Biden administration.
“I have to do two of these things a day. You know why? Because I’m in New York all the time with the Biden trial,” he said. “It’s a fake trial. They’re doing it to try to take away your powers, to try to take away your candidate.
“It’s a trial looking for a crime,” said Ray Hanson, of Hartford. Hanson said he expected Trump’s lawyers to “keep him in line” so he doesn’t violate the gag order, even though he probably wants to talk about the trial.
Manhattan prosecutors argued that Trump and his associates participated in an illegal scheme to influence the 2016 presidential campaign by buying and then burying negative stories. He pleaded not guilty.
Trump’s visits to Wisconsin and Michigan mark his second trip to those swing states in just a month.
In previous rallies, the former president focused largely on immigration, calling people who are in the United States illegally and suspected of crimes “animals.”
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