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Sadiq Khan tells Donald Trump there will be 'no red carpet' for him in London
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, renewed his feud with President Donald Trump on Monday and suggested there should be no "rolling out the red carpet" with a state visit for the US president.
Mr Khan told CNN: "State visits are different from a normal visit and at a time when the President of the USA has policies that many in our country disagree with, I am not sure it is appropriate for our government to roll out the red carpet."
Theresa May extended the invitation of a state visit in January and it was accepted, but a source in Washington told The Telegraph no preliminary arrangements of any kind have been made.
Mr Khan added: "If someone has views that I think can be changed I am ready to play my role.
"If you somehow think it is not possible to be a Muslim and a proud westerner I am happy to disabuse you of that idea, whether you are a reporter for CNN or Donald Trump."
Mr Khan previously vocally opposed Mr Trump's travel ban against people from a group of predominantly Muslim countries entering the US.
After the London Bridge terrorist attack Mr Trump attacked Mr Khan after he told Londoners there was "no reason to be alarmed" by an increased police presence on the streets.
According to a transcript of a conversation between Mr Trump and Mrs May, leaked at the weekend, the president has been concerned at the reception he would receive in the UK.
He reportedly told Mrs May: "When I know I'm going to get a better reception, I'll come and not before."
A new poll by ABC and The Washington Post, published on Monday, showed that the president's domestic approval rating has fallen to 34 per cent - with his tweeting habit a major irritant.
Seventy per cent say he’s acted in "an unpresidential manner" since taking office, 68 per cent don’t see him as a positive role model, and 67 per cent disapprove of his use of Twitter.
And 56 percent say unpresidential conduct by Mr Trump is “damaging to the presidency overall.”
A US court on Monday asked Mr Trump's staff to turn over records of visitors to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
Mr Trump visited his private "Winter White House" seven times in February and May. That led to a legal challenge from the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) demanding to know who he had been meeting.
In response, a New York court has asked the Secret Service to turn over records of the people who visited Mr Trump.
Noah Bookbinder, executive director of CREW, said: "The public deserves to know who is coming to meet with the president and his staff. It needs to be public for meetings at the White House as well."
The group has also challenged Mr Trump's decision to stop publishing White House visitor logs.
Meanwhile, controversy continued to surround a meeting between Donald Trump Jr, the president's son, a Russian lawyer and a Russian former intelligence officer, during the election campaign.
The president renewed his defence of his son.
He wrote on Twitter: "Most politicians would have gone to a meeting like the one Don Jr attended in order to get info on an opponent. That's politics!"
Among politicians who disagreed was Martin Schulz, leader of Germany's Social Democrats, who replied directly to Mr Trump on Twitter.
He wrote: "Donald Trump, I wouldn't have gone there. This is not politics."