Trump rants London is ‘unrecognisable’ and has ‘opened its door to jihad’ during wild rally speech

Donald Trump has claimed that London is “unrecognisable” because it has “opened its doors to jihad” in a bizarre rally speech.

The former president ranted about pro-Palestine college protests and the idea of letting Palestinian refugees into the country from war-torn Gaza, before declaring that he would “never let” America become unrecognisable as he claims London and Paris have become.

“We’ve seen what happened when Europe opened their doors to jihad,” he told his supporters at the event. “Look at Paris, look at London — they’re no longer recognisable,” he said offering no evidence whatsover for his wild statements.

His remarks came while speaking at a campaign rally in Wisconsin on Wednesday afternoon while on a break from court proceedings for his criminal hush money trial in New York.

“And I’m going get myself into a lot of trouble with the folks in Paris and the folks in London, but you know what, that’s the fact,” Trump continued. “They are no longer recognisable, and we can’t let that happen to our country.”

“We have incredible culture, tradition — nothing wrong with their culture, their tradition — we can’t let that happen here, and I’ll never let it happen to the United States of America.”

The former president and current London mayor Sadiq Khan have often criticised each other over the years, fuelled at one point by Mr Khan’s office giving anti-Trump activists permission to fly a blimp of Trump as a crying baby in a nappy during a protest in 2018. During Trump’s state visit to the UK that year, he said that Mr Khan had “done a very bad job on terrorism”.

Responding to Trump’s latest comments Mr Khan told theDaily Mail as voting in London’s mayoral election took place on Thursday that “today is an opportunity to