London Mayor Sadiq Khan calls Trump 'racist, sexist and Islamophobic' after UNGA speech

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has called President Donald Trump "racist, sexist and homophobic" after the president used an address to the United Nations General Assembly to call him a "terrible mayor."

LONDON — The mayor of London has labeled Donald Trump "racist, sexist and Islamophobic" after the president used a United Nations General Assembly address to call him a "terrible mayor" and falsely claim the city wanted to be governed by Islamic law.

"I think Donald Trump has shown he is racist, he is sexist, he is misogynistic and he's Islamophobic," Sadiq Khan told reporters Wednesday.

The pair have traded many barbed comments since Khan was elected to lead London in 2016 — Khan strongly criticized the president the same year for pledging a travel ban on a number of majority-Muslim countries, which was enacted in 2017. Trump called the Londoner and former member of Parliament "a nasty person" in a July news conference.

"I think people are wondering what it is about this Muslim mayor who leads a liberal, multicultural, progressive, successful city that means I appear to be living in Donald Trump's head, rent free," Khan said.

Trump used a section of his speech to the U.N on Tuesday to take swipes at various member states and the institution itself.