Donald Trump claims London is 'unrecognisable' after 'opening its doors to jihad'

Donald Trump spoke at a rally (Image: Getty)

Donald Trump has claimed London has become "unrecognisable" because it has "opened its doors to jihad" as he vowed to not allow the same to happen to the US if reelected.

The former president said that British "culture" had been weakened due to a tolerance of pro-Palestine protestors in the capital.

Speaking at a campaign rally in Wisconsin on Wednesday while his hush money porn star trial was in recess, Trump blasted students in the US who have laid siege to universities with their demonstrations.

"We've seen what happened when Europe opened their doors to jihad," he told the crowd.

"Look at Paris, look at London - they're no longer recognisable.

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"And I'm going to get myself into a lot of trouble with the folks in Paris and the folks in London, but you know what? That's the fact.

"They are no longer recognisable, and we can't let that happen to our country.

"We have incredible culture, tradition - nothing wrong with their culture, their tradition - we can't let that happen here and I'll never let it happen to the United States of America."

Trump's attack on London is his latest broadside aimed at the UK's capital and again reignited his feud with Mayor Sadiq Khan.

As voters went to the ballot box to decide whether Khan should be reelected to City Hall, he said yesterday it was "an opportunity to show Donald Trump and my Tory opponent that London will always choose hope over fear and unity over division."

Trump and Khan have often clashed.

Sadiq Khan has come under fire from Trump previously (Image: Getty)

Before a 2018 visit to London, while he was a president, the US leader slammed the Mayor, saying he had "done a terrible job in London."

Khan said he would be happy to meet Trump to explain "in a respectful, courteous manner where I think he's wrong on a couple of issues".

In another exchange, Trump said that he felt the mayor had "done a very bad job on terrorism."

The same year, as Trump arrived in the UK capital for a state visit, protesters received permission from Khan's office to fly a blimp showing the then-president dressed as a baby while crying.

In 2017, Trump's son, Donald Jr, taunted Khan over the London Bridge attack.

"Rather than the mayor of London attacking, maybe he should do something about it," he said in the interview."

"Maybe he should do something to fix the problem rather than just sit there and pretend there isn't one. I think that's an important message."

Trump Jr was later joined by his brother, Eric Trump, to argue London wasn't doing enough to root out terrorism.

"We keep appeasing it," Trump Jr added.

"And we keep saying, 'Okay, it's gonna be great. We're gonna hold fast, and we're gonna keep calm and carry on.' Maybe we have to keep calm and actually do something."

In 2016, Trump had a similar row with then-London Mayor Boris Johnson when he claimed on the campaign trail: "London and other places… are so radicalised that the police are afraid for their own lives.'

Johnson dismissed Trump as "ill-informed.'"

"The only reason I wouldn't go to some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump," he responded.

Trump also told Theresa May, when she was Prime Minister, that there were "no-go areas" in London due to the presence of jihadis.

May said later she disagreed.