Sadiq Khan hits back at ‘racist, sexist, misogynistic and Islamophobic’ Trump

<p>Khan’s comments come after US president used speech at UN to call London mayor ‘terrible’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/24/labour-tories-conservatives-reform-uk-politics-live-news-updates">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Sadiq Khan has hit back at Donald Trump, accusing the US president of being “racist, sexist, misogynistic and Islamophobic” after he used a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/23/trump-un-general-assembly-speech">speech at the UN</a> to call the London mayor “terrible” and claim the city was being steered toward “sharia law”.</p><p>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”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/24/sadiq-khan-hits-back-at-racist-sexist-misogynistic-and-islamophobic-trump">Continue reading...</a>