The United States  presidential hopeful in  November  2016 election, Mr.Donald Trump has said that  the newly elected mayor of London , Sadiq Khan would be an “exception” to his proposed ban on Muslims travelling to the US.

Khan had , because of his faith,  expressed concern that he would not be able to visit the US if Mr Trump were elected.

Mr Trump proposed a ban on Muslims entering the US after attacks in Paris killed 130 people last year.

But in his response to this concern,  the Republican businessman said  “there will always be exceptions.”

The temporary ban has been widely criticised in the US and abroad but Mr Trump has stood by the proposal, saying it is needed to ensure US security.

Mr Trump said he was “happy” that Mr Khan would be leading London.

“If he does a good job and frankly if he does a great job, that would be a terrific thing,” he added.

Mr Khan – the son of Pakistani immigrants – is London’s first Muslim mayor, after beating Conservative rival Zac Goldsmith for the Labour Party by 1,310,143 votes to 994,614.

“I want to go to America to meet with and engage with American mayors,” Mr Khan told Time magazine. “If Donald Trump becomes the president I’ll be stopped from going there by virtue of my faith.”

He added that he was “confident that Donald Trump’s approach to politics” would not prevail in America.