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The mayor of London has said he is “indifferent” to Donald Trump and has “more important things to worry about” after the US president claimed he asked that Sir Sadiq Khan was not at events during his state visit.

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00:00There has been a long-running feud between Donald Trump and the London mayor Sadiq Khan,
00:13who accused the American leader of encouraging divisive far-right politics around the world
00:20as he landed in Britain for his state visit last Tuesday.
00:25Speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Thursday, Trump said he did not want Sadiq Khan attending any part of the state visit,
00:37and then went on to claim that Sir Sadiq had wanted to be part of the event, but that Mr Trump asked that he not be.
00:47Trump also said he believed Khan is among the worst mayors in the world.
00:53Sir Sadiq is understood to have made it clear weeks ago that he did not seek or expect an invite to events held for the state visit.
01:04The two men's spat dates back to at least 2015, when Khan condemned the then-president,
01:13presidential hopeful's suggestion that Muslims should be banned from travelling to the US.
01:19The row intensified when the president criticised the mayor's response to the London Bridge terror attack.
01:29In 2018, Sir Sadiq's office gave permission for an inflatable depicting Mr Trump as a baby to fly in Parliament Square during a previous visit.
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