Donald Trump, David Cameron ‘May Not Have A Good Relationship’, Says Republican Nominee
Donald Trump and David Cameron aren’t getting along very well at the moment, and as far as the presumptive Republican nominee is concerned, those hard feelings are likely to carry into a possible Trump administration.
As the Wall Street Journal reports, Trump and Cameron are at odds over the U.K. Prime Minister’s recent criticism of the billionaire businessman. Specifically, Cameron called Trump’s plan for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States “divisive, stupid and wrong.”
The issue of Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims traveling to the U.S. hits particularly close to home for Cameron. If the proposed ban were to actually become law, London’s newly-elected mayor, Sadiq Khan, would not be allowed to enter because he is a Muslim.
Sadiq Khan will not be an exception to Trump’s Muslim ban. Other leaders should follow suit https://t.co/YFgSPsh3vd pic.twitter.com/Lw57EJnJuJ
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) May 11, 2016
Trump first suggested banning Muslims from entering the U.S. back in December 2015, according to CNN. At the time, the nation was still reeling from the San Bernadino terrorist attacks, during which two self-radicalized Muslims — Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik — killed 14 people and injured 22 others.
“Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.”
Trump has also previously suggested conducting surveillance on Mosques and individual Muslims and had even said he was open to a database of all Muslims living in the U.S.
Last week, however, Trump insisted that the proposed travel ban on Muslims was “just a suggestion,” according to CNN.
Needless to say, Trump’s views on Muslims did not sit well with the newly-elected Muslim mayor of London, and Khan and Trump have already had their own war of words. According to NBC News, last week, the new London Mayor offered to “educate” Trump on Islam.
“I want Donald Trump to come to London so I can introduce myself to him as a mainstream Muslim, very, very comfortable with Western liberal values, but also introduce him to hundreds of thousands, dare I say millions of Muslims in this country, who love being British, love being Western. I want to educate Donald Trump. I want to show him that you can be Muslim and be Western.”
Trump responded that he is not “stupid” and invited Khan to come to and take an I.Q. test with him.
“I think they’re very rude statements and frankly, tell him I will remember those statements.”
Now it appears that the Trump-Khan feud has made its way to David Cameron, and Trump believes that things may be icy between the two world leaders once Trump is in office.
“It looks like we’re not going to have a very good relationship, who knows.”
Cameron, for his part, appears to be willing to let bygones be bygones, at least for the sake of diplomacy and international protocol. He has pledged to work with whoever ultimately gets elected President and has vowed to honor the “special relationship” between the U.S. and U.K.
Whoops. David Cameron calls Afghanistan and Nigeria “fantastically corrupt” https://t.co/3LoV9Al7Rp pic.twitter.com/XIF0jAxePo
— CNN (@CNN) May 10, 2016
Meanwhile, Trump is also offering his thoughts on another major issue facing Cameron and the U.K. — the upcoming referendum on whether or not Britain will leave the European Union.
Called the “Brexit” by pundits, the withdrawal from the EU has been championed by Cameron and his Conservative government. Trump, meanwhile, has given conflicting statements about the Brexit, although most recently he’s also said that it wouldn’t affect trade between the U.K. and U.S.
“I am going to treat everybody fairly but it wouldn’t make any difference to me whether they were in the EU or not.”
Do you believe that Donald Trump and David Cameron can work out their differences should Trump get elected?
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