Sadiq Khan Reignites Donald Trump Feud By Backing Zohran Mamdani

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/690a22d018000033e7040587.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at Dutch Kills Playground on Monday." data-caption="New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at Dutch Kills Playground on Monday." data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at Dutch Kills Playground on Monday.</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/sadiq-khan">Sadiq Khan</a> has reignited his long-running feud with <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/donald-trump/">Donald Trump</a> by backing left-wing Democrat Zohran Mamdani to win the race to become mayor of New York.</p><p>Mamdani has come under fierce attacks from the US president, who has labelled him a “communist” and amplified false claims that he is in the US illegally.</p><p>Trump has also threatened to withhold US government funds from New York if Mamdani wins the election, which  taking place today.</p><p>The US president has been an outspoken critic of Khan too, recently telling the United Nations General Assembly that he is a “terrible terrible mayor” and accusing him of <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald-trump-accuses-sadiq-khan-of-introducing-sharia-law-to-london-in-rambling-un-speech_uk_68d2b422e4b03fb4d9342859">wanting to introduce Sharia Law to London</a>.</p><p>A source close to the London mayor said there were “similarities between the attacks Mamdani has faced and what Sadiq has faced in elections”.</p><p>“Weaponising Mamdani’s faith and linking him to terrorism and extremism is an old campaigning tactic, and one we’re all too familiar with here in London,” t