Sir Sadiq Khan has blamed Donald Trump’s election wins for an increase in death threats against him.
The Mayor of London said since the President’s return to power last January, the number of death threats he has received had doubled.
Mr Trump and Sir Sadiq have been trading blows for a decade, with the President labelling the Mayor of London a “disaster” and accused him of making the capital a “different place”.
Sir Sadiq has now told Italian outlet La Repubblica: “It’s very difficult for me, personally, for my family, my friends, it’s never nice having death threats and requiring police protection.
He added: “We did some analysis, and when President Trump got elected, the amount of threats I received went up by 2,000 per cent.
“When he was elected the second time, it’s gone up by 100 per cent.”
The Mayor of London said death threats should not be “part and parcel” of the job, pointing to the murders of MPs Jo Cox and Sir David Amess.
Sir Sadiq Khan has blamed Donald Trump’s election wins for an increase in death threats against him.
The Mayor of London said since the President’s return to power last January, the number of death threats he has received had doubled.
Mr Trump and Sir Sadiq have been trading blows for a decade, with the President labelling the Mayor of London a “disaster” and accused him of making the capital a “different place”.
Sir Sadiq has now told Italian outlet La Repubblica: “It’s very difficult for me, personally, for my family, my friends, it’s never nice having death threats and requiring police protection.
He added: “We did some analysis, and when President Trump got elected, the amount of threats I received went up by 2,000 per cent.
“When he was elected the second time, it’s gone up by 100 per cent.”
The Mayor of London said death threats should not be “part and parcel” of the job, pointing to the murders of MPs Jo Cox and Sir David Amess.
Sir Sadiq returned from a three day-trip to Singapore last week.
Sir Sadiq Khan said the amount of death threats against him had rose by 2,000 per cent
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There, he claimed that misinformation about the capital had been produced by China and Russia.
Sir Sadiq said last week: “We are facing a relentless and unprecedented attack of lies and hatred from those wanting to damage our capital’s standing and our hugely important tourism industry.”
Mr Trump has previously accused the Mayor of London of planning to implement Sharia law in the capital and of “allowing people just to come in”.
In response, the Mayor accused the President of being “racist, sexist, misogynistic, and Islamophobic”.
