London mayor urges foreign leaders to condemn Trump as racist, sexist, homophobic

London Mayor Sadiq Khan branded former President Trump a racist, a sexist and a homophobe as he urged his own Labour Party to do more to "call him out."

Ahead of the presidential election in November, the U.K.'s Labour Party appears to be working to strengthen its relationship with Republicans should Trump take back the White House. However, Khan, a fierce Trump critic, insists the party "shouldn’t be literally rolling out a red carpet for a state visit."

Khan's remarks on the former president came after foreign affairs chief David Lammy appeared to extend an olive branch earlier this month while insisting Trump is "often misunderstood" when it comes to policy and "wants Europeans to do more to ensure a better defended Europe."

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Rejecting Lammy's position, Khan told Politico, "I’m quite clear, I understand, on Trump. He’s a racist. He’s a sexist. He’s a homophobe. And it’s very important, particularly when you’ve got a special relationship, that you treat them as a best mate.

"If my best mate was a racist, or a sexist or a homophobe, I’d call him out, and I’d explain to him why those views are wrong," the London mayor added.

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Khan, who was recently re-elected to a third term leading Great Britain's most populous city, told the outlet he worries "about a Donald Trump presidency."

"You know, I’ve been speaking to governors from America. I’ve been speaking to mayors from America. Of course, we’ll have a relationship, whoever the president is. But we shouldn’t be literally rolling out a red carpet for a state visit," he said.

"It’s really