Donald Trump is making the first exception to his travel ban on all Muslims, starting with London’s newly elected Muslim Mayor Sadiq Khan.
“There will always be exceptions,” Trump told The New York Times. Trump said he was “happy” to see London elect its first Mulsim mayor and wished Khan well in his new role.”I think it’s a very good thing, and I hope he does a very good job because frankly that would be very, very good.”
“I think if he does a great job, it will really — you lead by example, always lead by example. If he does a good job, and frankly if he does a great job, that would be a terrific thing,” he added.
Khan told Time Magazine that Trump’s travel ban for Muslims would impede his ability to learn from colleagues in the US.
“I want to go to America to meet with and engage with American mayors,” Khan said Monday. “If Donald Trump becomes the president I’ll be stopped from going there by virtue of my faith.”
Khan, a former cabinet minister and Labour member of parliament, won the London mayoral race May 7, by 1,310,143 votes to his Conservative Opponent Zac Goldsmith’s 994,614, giving him the largest personal mandate in British electoral history, according to the BBC.
The campaign was seen as bitter and divisive, with the Labour Party and media commentators accusing the Conservatives of indulging in dog-whistle politics and Islamaphobia.
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