Sadiq Khan brands Donald Trump a 'poster boy for racists' as he finally responds three days after President called him a 'national disgrace' over London's spiralling stab death toll The Mayor said it was 'remarkable' the President was 'amplifying a racist tweet' It comes after Trump said Khan was a 'national disgrace destroying London' The pair have feuded online for years especially after Trump's Muslim travel ban This weekend a teenager was shot dead and another stabbed to death in London, following the fatal knifing of another man in on Friday By Joel Adams For Mailonline Published: 13:08 BST, 17 June 2019 | Updated: 13:08 BST, 17 June 2019 Viewcomments 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 racist in France. 'He's now a poster boy for the far-right movement and that should cause us huge concern.' The London Mayor went on: 'It's for Donald Trump to answer the question why he's obsessed with me, it's for Donald Trump to answer the question why he amplifies the tweets of far-right activists, why he amplifies racist tweets. 'I'm quite clear, there are many cities across this country facing a huge issue of the increase in violent crime, they've been doing so since 2014. 'There are many good leaders in America facing massive increases in violent crime, they have my support to make sure we learn lessons from each other and that we work together to grapple the issue of violent crime taking place in many cities across the Western world.' The President continued his long-running feud with the London mayor this weekend Mr Khan responded after the President retweeted content posted by Katie Hopkins about recent crimes in the capital city The capital's murder toll for 2019 hit 60 today after a man in his 40s was stabbed to death this morning. He was the fourth person to be killed in London this weekend alone, after one teenager was shot dead and another was stabbed to death on Saturday, following the fatal knifing of another man in Tower Hamlets on Friday. This morning's victim was attacked in Stratford, east London, just one day after a mob of 100 youths pelted police with bottles as they investigated a robbery at the nearby Westfield shopping centre. However London's violent crime rate rate remains minuscule when compared with even the safer cities of the USA. There were 132 murders in London last year, leaving the capital with a homicide rate of 1.5 per 100,000 residents. The murder rate in St Louis is 64.9 per 100,000 residents, according to the Major Cities Chiefs Association Violent Crimes Survey, which is 43 times higher than London. In Baltimore the murder rate is 51.1. In New Orleans it is 40.6 and in Detroit it is 39.7. In Washington DC, home to Congress and the White House, the murder rate is 11 times higher than London. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility