The mayor of Scheffield, a large city in South Yorkshire, England, has banned President Trump from entering the city before he visits the country at the end of the week.
“I Magid Magid, Lord Mayor & first citizen of this city hereby declare that not only is [Trump] a WASTEMAN, but he is also henceforth banned from the great city of Sheffield! I further declare July 13th to be Mexico Solidarity Day! ” the mayor said in a tweet.
“Wasteman” appears to be a slang term that means someone of little worth.
I Magid Magid, Lord Mayor & first citizen of this city hereby declare that not only is Donald J Trump (@realDonaldTrump) a WASTEMAN, but he is also henceforth banned from the great city of Sheffield!
I further declare July 13th to be Mexico Solidarity Day! ?? pic.twitter.com/qYehdHYDEt
— ?MΛG!D (@MagicMagid) July 4, 2018
The Green Party mayor, who is a Somali immigrant according to his Twitter bio, cited in a tweet his opposition to Trump’s “ridiculous Muslim ban, withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement, moving a US Embassy to Jerusalem, enforcing the imprisonment of children at borders and defending white supremacists.”
5 Reasons (of thousands) Why Donald Trump Is a WASTEMAN! pic.twitter.com/9lG3Yujhdp
— ?MΛG!D (@MagicMagid) July 4, 2018
Magid later tweeted the “five things we can do to beat Donald Trump”: Setting up anti-Trump demonstrations, donating to anti-Trump organisations, checking on people who are the victims of hate crimes, standing in solidarity with institutes, including mosques and Planned Parenthood, that “suffer most” from Trump’s politics, and lobbying representatives to take a vocal stand against Trump.
5 things we can do to beat Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/HuPY8sd0Gc
— ?MΛG!D (@MagicMagid) July 4, 2018
Donning a sombrero and a giant gold chain, the Lord Magid Magid, 28, spoke at a council meeting and reiterated his twitter comments, BBC reported Wednesday,
Lord Mayor ‘bans’ Donald Trump while wearing sombrero https://t.co/1dHBO0ptps pic.twitter.com/ueMgdAWsiz
— BBC Radio Sheffield (@BBCSheffield) July 4, 2018
BBC noted that he does not actually have the power to “ban” anybody without the approval of the council, nevertheless his comments have drawn significant attention.
