What he called them · Second term · № 145
Told the UN that London, under a 'terrible mayor,' now 'want[s] to go to Sharia law'
“I look at London, where you have a terrible mayor, terrible, terrible mayor, and it's been so changed, so changed. Now they want to go to Sharia law. But you're in a different country. You can't do that.”
- Said
- , 80th United Nations General Assembly, New York
- Subject
- London and the United Kingdom
- Target
- Other countries
- Place
- United Kingdom
- Topic
- Immigration
- Era
- Second term
What happened
Coverage noted that Trump offered no evidence for the claim. A spokesperson for London Mayor Sadiq Khan said, 'We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response,' Fox News reported. He repeated the claim on March 3, 2026 in a meeting with Germany's chancellor ('in the UK you have a terrible mayor of London ... you have Sharia courts') and to GB News on September 2, 2026.