Britain’s coolest Lord Mayor has branded Donald Trump a ‘wasteman’ and banned him from coming to Sheffield.

Magid Magid is not your average Lord Mayor and he has definitely not shied away from the spotlight since he took on the role in May.

And now the 28-year-old has kicked off an internet rivalry with none other than the US President ahead of his visit on July 13.

Magid Magid is not your typical Lord Mayor (Picture: Chris Saunders/Magic Magid)

Following the viral success of his official Mayoral photo, Magid has shared another iconic snap.


But for this photo, he’s donned a sombrero to show solidarity with Mexico, a pair of green Doc Martins and a t-shirt that declares ‘Donald Trump is a wasteman’.



In case you didn’t know, a ‘wasteman’ is generally someone who is a ‘waste of space’, according to Urban Dictionary.

(Picture: Urban Dictionary)

He wrote on Twitter: ‘I Magid Magid, Lord Mayor & first citizen of this city hereby declare that not only is Donald J 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!’

Speaking to Metro.co.uk, Magid, who moved to Yorkshire from Somalia when he was five, said he wanted to bring attention to how ‘awful and disrespectful’ Trump is to the ‘lovely people of Sheffield’.

He said: ‘Not that I think he will come to Sheffield, but it’s about sending a message to everybody else.

‘It’s time to show solidarity with the people of Mexico. I’ve spoken to quite a few of the Mexican community in Sheffield, and they said they were fully supportive of it.’

The photo that made Magid Magid a viral sensation (Picture: Magic Magid/Twitter)

Magid is the youngest Lord Mayor in Sheffield’s history and the first to come from the Green Party.

The 28-year-old wouldn’t reveal what he has planned for Trump’s visit but gave five reasons that make him the ‘biggest wasteman’.

‘First of all is issuing the ridiculous and racist Muslim ban,’ he said. ‘For stupidly withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement. For mindlessly moving the US embassy to Jerusalem.

‘For enforcing the imprisonment of children at borders, which I can’t even describe how awful that is, and for literally defending the violent actions of white supremacists.’

Magid Magid appearing on Channel 4 reality show The Hunted (Picture: Channel 4)

He added: ‘I can’t help but think where is Theresa May in all of this? She has the power to ban him from the UK.

‘But all she does is embarrass us again and again, from holding his hand to forcing the Queen to shake his hand. His small hand, I should say.

‘She’s embarrassed our whole country. There’s a lot of good will from the people of Sheffield that if he did try to come here, he would be banned.’

Magid is the first Lord Mayor to have a degree in marine biology and was once a contestant on Channel 4’s reality show The Hunted.



He became the first Lord Mayor to swear during his inaugural speech, when he thanked his mother ‘for putting up with all the shit’ he’d caused her over the years.

Elsewhere in the speech he mentioned celebrating his race, saying: ‘I hope by the fact I am a black, Muslim immigrant – everything the Daily Mail probably hates – people will look and say “In Sheffield we’re proud of doing things differently and celebrating our differences”.’

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