Downing Street has belatedly hit back at comments made by Donald Trump about the Mayor of London, saying the remarks were "wrong".

The US president used an interview with Politico on Tuesday to hit out at Sir Sadiq Khan, who he called a "disgusting mayor", and implied the Labour politician gets elected only "because so many people have come in".

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Mr Trump told the publication's podcast, The Conversation: "Look at… your mayor of London. He's a disaster. He's a disaster.

"He's got a totally different ideology of what he's supposed to have. And he gets elected because so many people have come in."

Mr Trump added: "He's a horrible mayor. He's an incompetent mayor, but he's a horrible, vicious, disgusting mayor. I think he's done a terrible job. London's a diff

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