Trump promotes racist Katie Hopkins attack on ‘nipple-height’ London mayor Sadiq Khan

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Donald Trump has again promoted a racist attack on London mayor Sadiq Khan.

The US president retweeted British far-right activist Katie Hopkins, who criticised Mr Khan over knife crime in the UK capital.

“The nipple-height Mayor of Londonistan has NEVER been so unpopular. He has MINUS approval ratings because we are stab-city,” Hopkins tweeted earlier this week.

“London deserves better. Get Khan Out.”

She included a screen grab of a news article claiming Mr Khan’s approval ratings had dropped to the lowest of his mayoralty.

On Saturday morning, Mr Trump retweeted the post, along with a second Hopkins tweet in which she blamed Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, for crimes committed by migrants in the country.

Mr Trump has in recent months repeatedly mocked Mr Khan – a British citizen of Pakistani descent – for both his record as London mayor and his small stature.

“Kahn (sic) reminds me very much of our very dumb and incompetent Mayor of NYC, [Bill] de Blasio, who has also done a terrible job – only half his height,” the US president tweeted during a state visit to Britain in June.

He also called Mr Khan a “stone cold loser” who had been ”foolishly ‘nasty’” towards him.

Later that month he promoted another Hopkins tweet referring to the capital as “Londonistan”, a term often used to disparage the local Muslim community.

Mr Khan, a practising Muslim, has been a longtime critic of Mr Trump and the British government’s reluctance to criticise him over his indiscretions and racist outbursts.

In June, the Labour politician compared Mr Trump to 20th century fascists and branded him a “6ft 3 child in the White House”.

Although knife crime is up in London, the number of offences involving knives hit an all-time high across the entire country, suggesting the problem is not limited to the capital.