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Posted: 2019-08-03T12:57:09Z | Updated: 2019-08-03T14:23:40Z

President Donald Trump once again promoted controversial British far-right commentator Katie Hopkins on Twitter Saturday morning.

Trump first retweeted a video from Hopkins account in which she railed about violent crimes allegedly committed by migrants whod moved to Germany. The president later shared this post in which she called for London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who is Muslim, to be ousted over the citys knife-crime crisis .

Trump has repeatedly taken aim at Khan in the past. The mayor has been highly critical of the presidents anti-Muslim policies and rhetoric.

Hopkins, a former contestant on the U.K. version of The Apprentice, in 2017 called for a final solution for Muslims following the Manchester Arena terror attack during an Ariana Grande concert.

She has also previously likened migrants to cockroaches.

In early July, Trump retweeted Hopkins praise of a number of far-right politicians including Brazils Jair Bolsonaro and Hungarys Viktor Orban: