London Mayor Sadiq Khan blasts Trump for behavior 'I'd expect from an 11-year-old'
The feud between President Trump and London Mayor Sadiq Khan isn't cooling down.
After Trump tweeted that Khan is a "stone cold loser" in response to a critical op-ed, Khan told CNN on Tuesday that this is the kind of behavior "I'd expect from an 11-year-old," saying it's "beneath me to do childish tweets and name-calling." Asked if he was offended, Khan said he wasn't "in the slightest" because nothing Trump does should "surprise you."
Khan separately compared Trump to an 11-year-old child in a Sky News interview, in which he also labeled Trump a "poster boy for the far-right movement around the world."
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The mayor of London wrote an op-ed critical of Trump ahead of the president's U.K. visit, saying that he is "just one of the most egregious examples of a growing global threat." Trump subsequently blasted Khan on Twitter before arriving in the U.K., calling him a "stone cold loser" and comparing him to "our very dumb and incompetent Mayor of NYC, [Bill] de Blasio." Khan on Tuesday said it's "for [Trump] to decide how he behaves." Brendan Morrow
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Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.
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