--- title: Donald Trump: Muslim London Mayor Could Be Exception to Ban description: Sadiq Khan has already expressed concern that he could be barred from traveling to the U.S. to meet with American mayors after the election canonical: https://time.com/4324029/donald-trump-sadiq-khan-muslim-ban-london/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-10T00:31:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:24:41.137Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Says London's Muslim Mayor Could Be Exception to Ban og:description: Sadiq Khan has already expressed concern that he could be barred from traveling to the U.S. og:url: https://time.com/4324029/donald-trump-sadiq-khan-muslim-ban-london/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65837dff09642d24/698892883c1639527245d325/sadiq-khan.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Newly-Elected London Mayor Sadiq Khan Joins The Jewish Community For Yom HaShoah og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Says London's Muslim Mayor Could Be Exception to Ban twitter:description: Sadiq Khan has already expressed concern that he could be barred from traveling to the U.S. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65837dff09642d24/698892883c1639527245d325/sadiq-khan.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Says London's Muslim Mayor Could Be Exception to Ban by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley May 10, 2016 12:31 AM UTC  London Mayor Sadiq Khan attends Yom HaShoah, the Jewish Community's Holocaust Remembrance Day, at the Barnet Copthall Stadium on May 8, 2016 in London, England. London Mayor Sadiq Khan attends Yom HaShoah, the Jewish Community's Holocaust Remembrance Day, at the Barnet Copthall Stadium on May 8, 2016 in London, England.Jack Taylor—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley May 10, 2016 12:31 AM UTC Donald Trump proposed a temporary ban on all Muslims entering the U.S. should he be elected president, but he might have at least one name on his list of exceptions: [Sadiq Khan](http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/09/donald-trump-says-new-london-mayor-could-be-exception-to-his-ban-on-muslims/), the new mayor of London. “There will always be exceptions,” [Trump](http://time.com/4322889/donald-trump-chris-christie-white-house/) said on Monday, according to the New York _Times_. “I was happy to see that \[he was elected\] … Because I think if he does a great job, it will really—you lead by example, always lead by example. If he does a good job and frankly if he does a great job, that would be a terrific thing.” In a recent [interview with TIME](http://time.com/4322562/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-donald-trump/), Khan said he would want to visit the U.S. “before January in case Donald Trump wins … I want to go to America to meet with and engage with American mayors. If Donald Trump becomes the president I’ll be stopped from going there by virtue of my faith, which means I can’t engage with American mayors and swap ideas.” \[[_NYT_](http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/09/donald-trump-says-new-london-mayor-could-be-exception-to-his-ban-on-muslims/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4324029/donald-trump-sadiq-khan-muslim-ban-london/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4324029/donald-trump-sadiq-khan-muslim-ban-london/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Says London's Muslim Mayor Could Be Exception to Ban","datePublished":"2016-05-10T00:31:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:24:41.137Z","description":"Sadiq Khan has already expressed concern that he could be barred from traveling to the U.S.","url":"https://time.com/4324029/donald-trump-sadiq-khan-muslim-ban-london/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65837dff09642d24/698892883c1639527245d325/sadiq-khan.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65837dff09642d24/698892883c1639527245d325/sadiq-khan.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Newly-Elected London Mayor Sadiq Khan Joins The Jewish Community For Yom HaShoah","caption":"Newly-Elected London Mayor Sadiq Khan Joins The Jewish Community For Yom HaShoah","creditText":"Jack Taylor—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4324029/donald-trump-sadiq-khan-muslim-ban-london/","name":"Donald Trump Says London's Muslim Mayor Could Be Exception to Ban"}}]}] ```