By Joel Adams For Mailonline
Published: 13:08 BST, 17 June 2019 | Updated: 13:08 BST, 17 June 2019
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The Mayor of London today ramped up his war of words with the US President, calling Donald Trump a 'poster boy for racists'.
Mr Trump had dubbed Sadiq Khan a 'disaster' on Twitter over the weekend and called him a 'national disgrace who is destroying the city of London'.
The President's comments accompanied a retweet of a post by Katie Hopkins which called the capital 'Stab-City' and 'Khan's Londonistan' alongside two screenshots of BBC News articles detailing recent outbreaks of violent crime.
Speaking in central London today Said Khan said Mr Trump should explain his tweets saying it was 'remarkable' that the President had been 'amplifying a racist tweet'.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan alleged this morning that Donald Trump was become an inspirational figure for racists the world over
He went on: 'That's one of my concerns about Donald Trump - he's now seen as a poster boy for racists around the world, whether you're a racist in this country, whether you're a racist in Hungary, a racist in Italy, or a