New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday slammed US President Donald Trump for bad-mouthing London Mayor Sadiq Khan, tweeting:
"ConDon takes another shot at me. But I’m a total @SadiqKhan stan, so consider any comparison a compliment.”
#ConDon takes another shot at me. But I’m a total @SadiqKhan stan, so consider any comparison a compliment. Plus the Mayor is a much better British doppelgänger than Brexit Bojo…. https://t.co/HkSbR8Hzml
— Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) June 3, 2019
By using the term “stan”, taken from a 2000 Eminem song about a crazy fan, the 2020 White House hopeful apparently wanted to express his unconditional support for Khan.
The tweet was followed up by a side-by-side photo of Donald Trump and conservative politician Boris Johnson.
— Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) June 3, 2019
Trump had taken a dig at Sadiq Khan on Sunday before departing on his state visit to the United Kingdom, referring to him as the “twin of de Blasio, except shorter.”
….Kahn reminds me very much of our very dumb and incompetent Mayor of NYC, de Blasio, who has also done a terrible job — only half his height. In any event, I look forward to being a great friend to the United Kingdom, and am looking very much forward to my visit. Landing now!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2019
The NY Mayor was quick to tweet a joke about that comparison, dishing out that Trump “is Putin’s twin, only his presidency will be shorter.”
.@realDonaldTrump is Putin’s twin, only his presidency will be shorter. #ConDon https://t.co/eVIMC43vLG
— Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) June 3, 2019
On Monday, Donald Trump, who is in the UK on a state visit, lashed out at London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who had referred to the president's trip to the country as a regrettable event.
“Sadiq Khan, who by all accounts has done a terrible job as Mayor of London, has been foolishly 'nasty' to the visiting President of the United States, by far the most important ally of the United Kingdom,” Trump tweeted on Monday as he was arriving in the United Kingdom.
.@SadiqKhan, who by all accounts has done a terrible job as Mayor of London, has been foolishly “nasty” to the visiting President of the United States, by far the most important ally of the United Kingdom. He is a stone cold loser who should focus on crime in London, not me……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2019
As Trump arrived in the UK Monday for a three-day visit, anti-Trump activists promised to organise protests across the country throughout his stay, with Khan giving the go-ahead for the gigantic "Baby Trump" balloon to fly again, following last year's debut.
