DONALD Trump has claimed he stopped Sadiq Khan from coming to the royal banquet during his state visit this week.

Speaking to reporters on board Air Force One, the President said he had insisted that the London Mayor not attend.

Trump said: "I didn't want him there. I asked that he not be there.

"I think the mayor of London Khan is among the worst mayors in the world, and we have some bad ones."

Trump has long had a tempestuous relationship with Sadiq Khan .

Both men have often taken to the airwaves to criticise each other.

The London mayor most recently decried Trump for fuelling "divisive, far-right politics " with his administration.

But Trump hit out at Khan's record in City Hall, claiming that crime in London is "through the roof".

He further described the Labou

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