Donald Trump said Monday London’s new mayor made “very rude statements” about him – and the presumptive Republican presidential nominee warned he won’t have a good relationship with British Prime Minister David Cameron if he’s elected.
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The Uxbridge and West Ruislip MP, who is favourite to succeed David Cameron as Prime Minister, also sent a message to pro-EU campaigners who want Britain to remain shackled to the EU. They are very rude statements.
“It looks like we’re not going to have a very good relationship, who knows”, Trump told Britain’s ITV television station in an interview aired on Monday when asked how ties would be if he won power in the November 8 presidential election.
“Number one, I’m not stupid, OK? They certainly wouldn’t be back of the queue, that I can tell you”. “They are very nasty statements”, the Guardian quoted him, as saying. The real estate tycoon said he would “remember” the mayor’s hostile reaction to the idea that Khan, a Muslim, would be given an exception to the temporary ban.
“Sadiq has spent his whole life fighting extremism, but Trump’s remarks make that fight much harder for us all – it plays straight into the extremists’ hands and makes both our countries less safe”, his office said in a statement.
“Brussels’ red tape stifles every one of Britain’s 5.4 million businesses, even though only a small minority actually trade with the European Union”, said the letter, whose signatories include Steve Dowdle, a former Sony vice-president for Europe, and David Sismey, a managing director at USA investment bank Goldman Sachs.
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 hard”.
“I’ve dealt with the European Union, it’s very, very bureaucratic, it’s very, very hard”.
Echo editor Chris Hatton said: “This is a unique opportunity to get all-important answers from the most important political figure in the country”.
He said he wouldn’t treat Britain any differently in terms of trade negotiations were it to leave the European Union. “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’s a good mayor”.
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United Kingdom voters will decide in a referendum June 23 whether to leave the European Union.
