“The mayor is ‘a disaster’ who has ‘destroyed’ London.”
President Trump, repeatedly since 2019: “stone cold loser,” “terrible mayor,” “disaster.”
Verdict: Opinion vs record
The record
Death threats against him rose 2,000% after one American election.
Whether Sadiq Khan is a good mayor is an argument worth having, and plenty of Londoners would say no. “Destroyed” is a different kind of claim, and it can be checked. Homicide is at a record low and tourism at a record high, and in 2026 London was ranked the world’s best city for the eleventh year running. Whatever the complaints, that is not what destruction looks like.
There is a cost to saying it from a podium. The Mayor says recorded death threats against him rose 2,000% after one US election, and doubled again after the next.
- Threats
- up 2,000% after one election, then doubled again, per the Mayor
- Reputation
- World’s Best Cities ranking: No. 1 for the 11th year running, 2026
- Homicide
- the lowest since records began
