London’s busy metropolitan city just made international headlines with the election of its new mayor. Not so much that he competed against the wealthy and well-known Zac Goldsmith, but more so because he represents a minority; he is a Muslim.
With the U.S. amidst its tumultuous political fiasco, people are starting to wonder whether there would be some exchange between Trump and the new elected mayor, Sadiq Khan, or at least comments regarding the Muslim ban to the US. According to Time, Khan mentioned being worried that he will be banned from entering the U.S. if he were to be elected.
London's new (Muslim) Mayor says he'll visit US before January: in case Trump wins & he's then barred from entering https://t.co/UOyuEp87pO
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 9, 2016
Only recently did Trump call for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on". He was referring to the dangers posed by extremist groups like ISIS. With that in mind, newly elected Mayor Khan would like to visit the U.S. before Trump is elected as president.
JUST IN: London's first Muslim mayor won't visit the U.S. with Donald Trump as president https://t.co/uP1AhZZ64V pic.twitter.com/1DWTpxp4YM
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) May 9, 2016
Trump's response: Sadiq Khan is the exception to the Muslim ban...
Donald Trump says London's Muslim mayor could be an exception to his ban https://t.co/8YQ1kCwZEN
— TIME.com (@TIME) May 10, 2016
Trump stated that “There will always be exceptions… If he does a good job and frankly if he does a great job, that would be a terrific thing.”
What are the public’s comments?
Journalist: with London electing a Muslim mayor, is Islamophobia on the decline? Me: have you heard of Donald Trump?
— Khaled Beydoun (@KhaledBeydoun) May 9, 2016
If London's new mayor wanted to visit Trump's USA, would border police ask him if he was Muslim and turn him away? How would that work?
— Pierre Omidyar (@pierre) May 7, 2016
A muslim mayor of London. You can almost hear Donald Trump's hair spinning in horror.
— Dainty Ballerina (@DaintyBallerina) May 6, 2016
Hey, I've just thought - if London has elected a Muslim mayor, does that mean that Donald Trump will never ever come here again? BONUS!
— John Lloyd (@John_Lloyd) May 6, 2016
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