Overview
- In an unchallenged GB News interview, the president called Sadiq Khan “a disaster” and “a nasty person” while claiming police avoid parts of London and that Sharia law holds sway.
- Metropolitan Police and mayoral figures cite a 6% drop in violence against the person to March 2025 and fewer homicides to June, contradicting his depiction of rising crime.
- Khan’s office and other critics labeled the remarks misinformation and Islamophobic, and fact-checks reject claims of police “no-go zones” or Sharia replacing British law.
- Trump also repeated unsubstantiated allegations that the United Nations sabotaged his September General Assembly appearance by cutting his teleprompter and sound.
- He said he plans to sue the BBC for between $1 billion and $5 billion over editing of a past speech, despite the broadcaster issuing an apology.