Critics criticize Mayor Sadiq Khan for quarreling with Trump as London faces escalating crime, knife deaths

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has criticized President Trump as "ridiculous" after he authorized a giant Trump balloon at anti-Trump protests in London, but critics wonder whether the mayor should devote his energy to fight crime. The city in front of the world

Trump rekindled the rivalry with Khan in an interview with The Sun newspaper, saying the mayor of London "did a terrible job" when it comes to terrorism and crime . "I think he's done a bad job on crime, if you look at all the horrible things going on there, with all the crime that's being introduced," he said.

Khan called the comments "absurd" on today's BBC program Today, claiming that violent crime has increased across the country and London has been forced to tackle the issue with a police budget smaller.

But the crime in London persists in epidemic proportions as the murder rate has increased by 44%, with 157 homicides committed against 109 the previous year, according to official police statistics metropolitan.

Ambbadador to the United States, Sir Christopher Meyer, was the victim of a violent attack on him in a central London metro station this week. "I am absolutely shocked by the level of brutality," said his wife, Baroness Meyer, at the Times of London. "They've really beaten it – it's appalling – like something you'd see in a war zone."

Earlier this year, for the first time in modern history, London exceeded the number of murders in New York in February, London police investigated 15 murders while New York was murdered 11 In March, the number of murders by the Metropolitan Police increased again to 22 , while the New York police jumped to 21. New York City, however, took the lead again.

London also faces shocking acid attacks. 78% over the course of two years. last years, with 465 of these offenses in 2017, compared with 260 in 2015, according to police figures obtained by the Evening Standard.

This has led frustrated Londoners to express their concerns about the spiral crime in the city, while Khan remains preoccupied with the quarrels with Trump.

"This guy spends his week taking a Donald Trump balloon in a layer set in the air in central London instead of helping us with serious problems." I just think he is so worried about himself, his reputation and his public relations rather than portraying the country, the city in the best way possible and making it safe for the citizens, "said Mark Wright, London's chief executive ., "Says Fox News.

" I think he's embarrbaded, he's embarrbading Britain because no matter what you think of Donald Trump, it's not America is the most powerful country in the world, the position of president must be respected no matter who this person is and this has not been done and I have been very disappointed ", he added.

"This guy spends his week getting a Donald Trump balloon in an air laid diaper in central London instead of helping us with serious problems."

– Business Man and apprentice Mark Wright

Wright's comments echo recent remarks by the former mayor of New York. Now Trump prosecutor Rudy Giuliani, under whose regime the city's crime rate has dropped by more than half and killings have dropped by two-thirds thanks to a zero-tolerance policy – a move that was thwarted by the Criminal epidemic.

"Sadiq Khan should be ashamed of himself, he is so busy attacking President Trump's visit, and in the meantime the crime is growing in London, maybe he should just do his job instead of Attacking a world leader, "Giuliani told the British Sunday Express

adding," I would not want to go to a country where someone with the authority of a mayor was gathering people against them … It's very inappropriate.It probably suffers from some of the criticisms that President Trump has made against him, which are valid. "

Since the beginning of the year, more than 50 people have been fatally stabbed in the streets of the British capital. Just this Thursday, a 17-year-old girl was stabbed in London. Nearly 1,300 stab wounds took place in London until the end of April. The stabbings in London are at their highest level in six years, with about 21% more than the year before.

"I am a little ashamed to live in Britain today with Sadiq Khan who led the city with Trump here, he is the worst mayor of history in London. It's easier now to get a knife or deadly weapon than to have Starbucks. "He's not in a position to throw stones into glbad houses," he adds.

"It's easier now to have a knife or a deadly knife. "

– The businessman and apprentice winner Mark Wright

In comparison, under the leadership of Boris Johnson between 2008 and 2016, the murder rate is higher than that of Starbucks, divided by two in the city until 2014 before increasing slightly in the last years of his tenure.

Stabbing has also decreased significantly, although only since 2012 , before leaving, according to metropolitan police figures.

Kelva Smith's aunt, who was fatally stabbed in the abdomen in March of this year, told the BBC that the knife crime was "out of control" in London

in the city, pointing out that a victim was stabbed almost in front of a closed police station. "[It] arrived outside this post of police that is closed, my local police station. There is no [police officers] in our street. Londoners, we do not feel safe. Our communities do not feel safe, "she told Khan

" You give me statistics, Mr. Khan and that's right. But for me as a parent, I tell you, we do not feel safe. We do not feel safe in London, "she added." Please do not give me statistics. Give me known facts so that I can leave my son on the streets of London and feel safe. "

" Give me known facts so that I can leave my son on the streets of London and feel safe. "A mother told Sadiq Khan at an open forum last month

Khan rejected criticism of the woman, saying the police in London are" underfunded "to provide security. [19659003ThemayoralsolamentedTrump'svisitjustadaybeforeforfinancialreasonssayingthecitylacksfinancialresourcestoprovidesecurityduringthevisiteventhoughTrumpspendsmostofhistimeawayfromthecapitalIswhileKhanhasencouragedmillionsofLondonerstomarchagainstthepresident"

The President of the Metropolitan Police Federation, Ken Marsh, told the Evening Standard that security charges for Trump's visit could reach tens of millions of dollars Presiden Barack Obama, thanks to almost nonexistent protests, cost just over $ 3 million, with only half of this money actually spent e to ensure safety during the visit.

"It just sums it up," Wright told Fox News. the police costs that could have been saved if the protests had not been encouraged by the mayor. "I do not think he has any business knowledge, he does not think about people, I do not see him as a caring and forward-thinking person, he's very obsessed with himself. the qualities he's called in Trump, but I think he's only generalizing. "

Despite the overwhelming problems in the city, Khan is favorite to win the second term in 2020, mostly because that no conservative party leader seems to want "

Yet, Khan must be aware of his decreasing popularity. According to a YouGov poll in May, half of Londoners think it's a good mayor – a drop of nearly 10% over last year – while nearly a third of locals think that he is doing bad work. to be dismissed. I think it's a shame for the mayor. If I do not do my job properly, I lose my job. He does not do his job properly, he disrespects the most powerful office in the world and he only does it to win politically, "said Wright.