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The Mayor of London has reignited his long-held beef with Donald Trump as the president lands for his hotly anticipated state visit.
It's no secret that Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, isn't the biggest fan of the POTUS.
The pair have been embroiled in a lengthy feud and back-and-forth spats on social media spanning at least a decade.
In one notable heated exchange, Trump called the mayor a 'stone cold loser' while Khan snapped back that the US President stands as a 'poster boy for racists'.
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Now, Trump has landed on Khan's turf for his second-ever state visit in an unprecedented move, during which it is anticipated Trump will be wined and dined by British dignitaries, brush shoulders with royalty and enjoy all the lavish pomp the UK has to offer, including an extra-large guard of honor from the military and a banquet fit for a King.
While the president and first lady were reportedly looking forward to the visit, they had a somewhat frosty reception - quite literally, as Trump remarked on the cold weather moments after disembarking from Air Force One, while protestors beamed gigantic projections of his face alongside the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein onto Windsor Castle.
Now, the 54-year-old English mayor has spoken out again about his apparent arch nemesis, and as usual, has not sugar-coated his thoughts about the big visit in his op-ed in The Guardian
Amongst his intense condemnation, Khan accused the POTUS of having 'fanned the flames of the far-right' and of bringing a 'toxic form of politics' to the streets of both nations.
Although Khan did not mention the assassination of right-wing MAGA ally, Charlie Kirk, he did, however, refer to a far-right event that gripped the British capital over the weekend.
Trump's former 'first buddy' Elon Musk made a somewhat surprise appearance, dialling in via video link to speak to the 100,000-strong crowd.
Khan wrote as violence erupted in the march, Musk further 'tried to rally protesters against our democracy, telling them to 'fight back or you die'.
Yet he points the tumultuous political climate, seen in both the UK and the US at the moment, squarely on Trump's shoulders.
Khan accused the POTUS of utilising 'racism' for votes and suggests he has done more than anyone else to spur on such intolerant views, ultimately dubbing him an 'autocrat' whose beliefs are 'inconsistent' with the West.
"President Donald Trump and his coterie have perhaps done the most to fan the flames of divisive, far-right politics around the world in recent years," Khan wrote.
"When he came to the UK on his first state visit, I highlighted how the president had deliberately used xenophobia, racism and 'otherness' as an electoral tactic, introducing a travel ban on a number of Muslim-majority countries and praising white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia.
"Six years later, the tactics we see from today’s White House seem no different. Scapegoating minorities, illegally deporting US citizens, deploying the military to the streets of diverse cities. These actions aren’t just inconsistent with western values – they’re straight out of the autocrat’s playbook."
He doubled-down further, adding that in the six years since, 'the way we talk about politics has become darker, more divisive and dangerous' since Trump's last state visit.
Meanwhile, Trump still had plenty of praise for the country across the pond, telling reporters that he has 'a lot of things here that warm my heart' and dubbing the UK a 'very special place,' though that was presumably before he read Khan's scathing criticism.