Donald Trump deplored Sadiq Khan as 'a national disgrace' just hours after reigniting their feud with a stinging lash as London saw three murders in 24 hours.
The US President tweeted, 'He is a national disgrace who is destroying the City of London!'
This followed a statement from the mayor on Saturday night, saying he would not 'waste his time' with Trump after he wrote: 'LONDON needs a new mayor ASAP. Khan is a disaster - will only get worse!'
Two teenagers were murdered within 12 minutes of each other, 12 miles apart in the capital on Friday, while a man was stabbed to death on Saturday afternoon - making three killings within just 24 hours.
Khan clashed with Trump when he jetted in for a state visit earlier this month, with the Mayor of London dubbing him a 'fascist' before Air Force One had even taken off.
The US President tweeted, 'London needs a new mayor ASAP,' as he warned things 'will only get worse,' with Khan at the helm (pictured walking to the Rose Garden on Friday)
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has backed his mayor, saying it was 'absolutely awful' to see Trump using the tragedy to attack Khan (pictured: Khan at the Grenfell Tower memorial on Friday)
Police officers at the scene in Tower Hamlets, East London after a man suffered stab injuries this afternoon and was pronounced dead at the scene on Saturday - London's 59th murder this year
On June 3, Trump rapidly hit back at Khan after his 'fascist' comments and branded the mayor a 'stone cold loser' in a two-part tweet as he touched down in Britain.
The Labour mayor then accused the President of 'playground behaviour' and claimed he was a 'poster boy' for the far-right.
Jeremy Corbyn said it was 'absolutely awful to see @realDonaldTrump using the tragedy of people being murdered to attack the Mayor.'
The Labour leader tweeted: '@SadiqKhan is rightly supporting the police to do their job while Katie Hopkins spreads hateful and divisive rhetoric. They seek to divide at a time we need to come together.'
Trump's ferocious tweet comes after an 18-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Wandsworth on Friday afternoon, minutes before another 19-year-old man was fatally shot in Plumstead.
Just hours later, a man in his 30s was killed in Tower Hamlets, east London.
Three men were also stabbed in a separate attack in Clapham during a weekend of violence in the capital.
The Metropolitan Police said 14 people - including several boys and a girl - have been arrested in connection with the incidents in Wandsworth, Plumstead and Clapham.
Retweeting a post by commentator Katie Hopkins about the killings, the President said the capital needed a new mayor 'ASAP'.
Sadiq Khan dubbing Trump a 'fascist' before Air Force One had even taken off earlier this month ahead of the state visit (pictured: Khan's video addressing Trump directly prior to his state visit)
The Queen alongside President Trump, first lady Melania, Prince Charles and Camilla ahead of the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on June 3
The original post by Hopkins shared two screenshots of BBC News articles detailing the violence.
Around five hours later, Trump fired off his 'national disgrace' tweet in response to American journalist Jessica Fletcher who revealed: 'Khan is the reason I don’t feel like visiting London anytime soon.'
In response to Donald Trump's original tweet, a spokesman for Sadiq Khan said the mayor was 'focusing on supporting London's communities' following the 24 hours of violence.
The spokesman said: 'Sadiq is focusing on supporting London's communities & over-stretched emergency services.
'He has been in regular touch with senior Met police officers last night and throughout the day.
'His thoughts are with the victims' families. He is not going to waste his time responding to this sort of tweet.'
Donald Trump's long-running feud with Sadiq Khan:
The US president and mayor of London's history of trading blows can be traced back to 2015, when Khan reacted to Trump's plan for a 'Muslim ban'.
In December 2015, he said in a BBC interview he hoped Trump would lose the presidential election 'badly'.
Roughly five months later, when Khan was elected mayor in May 2016, Trump laid on some unusual praise: 'If he does a great job, frankly that would be a terrific thing.'
In comments reported by the New York Times, the future president also hinted Khan, a Muslim, would be 'exempt' from the proposed ban.
But days later the relationship soured after Trump admitted he was 'offended' by Khan's comment that his views of Islam were 'ignorant'.
The Mayor of London gave his consent for a giant baby Trump blimp to be flown over London
'When he won I wished him well,' Trump told Good Morning Britain. 'Now, I don't care about him. It doesn't make any difference to me about him.'
The feud intensified in the aftermath of the London Bridge attacks in June 2017, when a controversial tweet by Trump opened him up to widespread criticism.
'At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is 'no reason to be alarmed!', the president wrote.
Khan's spokesman released a scathing rebuke, pointing out the comment was taken out of context.
The mayor had 'more important things to do than respond to Donald Trump's ill-informed tweet', he said.
The US president and mayor of London's history of trading blows can be traced back to 2015, when Khan reacted to Trump's plan for a 'Muslim ban' during his presidential campaign
Trump didn't stop there - he again responded: 'Pathetic excuse by London Mayor Sadiq Khan who had to think fast on his 'no reason to be alarmed' statement. MSM [mainstream media] is working hard to sell it!'
Days later the mayor called for plans for a Trump state visit to be scrapped.
In July 2018 Trump eventually did travel to Britain - not on an official state visit - for a trip which marked the first public flight of the 'baby blimp'.
The giant inflatable effigy of Trump flew over Parliament Square after Khan's office granted the organisers permission.
On the eve of his visit, the president told The Sun Khan had 'done a very bad job on terrorism'.
After a year of relative silence, the spat resurfaced this month, June 2019, during Trump's official state visit to the UK.
Khan with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio - Trump mocked Khan for his height in a recent tweet
Moments before he stepped off the plane, the president tweeted that Khan 'has done a terrible job as Mayor of London, has been foolishly 'nasty' to the visiting President of the United States, by far the most important ally of the United Kingdom. He is a stone cold loser who should focus on crime in London, not me'.
He then misspelled the mayor's name in a follow-up tweet, adding: 'Kahn reminds me very much of our very dumb and incompetent Mayor of NYC, de Blasio, who has also done a terrible job - only half his height.
'In any event, I look forward to being a great friend to the United Kingdom, and am looking very much forward to my visit.'
Trump then doubled down on his criticism during a press conference with Theresa May.
'He could straighten out some of the problems that he has caused,' Trump said of Khan.
Khan told the Press Association: 'I'm not 12 years old in a playground, I'm just surprised Donald Trump thinks he is.'
He isn't the first London Mayor to have a run-in with Trump.
In 2015, the then mayor Boris Johnson hit back after Trump said London had areas 'so radicalised' by Islam that police were 'afraid for their own lives'.
Johnson responded: 'The only reason I wouldn't go to some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump.'
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