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Donald Trump warning over UK relationship | Donald Trump warning over UK relationship |
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US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has warned he may not have a "very good relationship" with David Cameron. | US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has warned he may not have a "very good relationship" with David Cameron. |
He was responding to the prime minister who called Mr Trump "stupid, divisive and wrong" over his call for Muslims to be banned from the US. | He was responding to the prime minister who called Mr Trump "stupid, divisive and wrong" over his call for Muslims to be banned from the US. |
Mr Trump told ITV's Good Morning Britain that he will remember Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's "very nasty statements" that he was "ignorant". | Mr Trump told ITV's Good Morning Britain that he will remember Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's "very nasty statements" that he was "ignorant". |
Mr Cameron and Mr Khan stand by their comments, their spokespeople said. | |
On Mr Cameron's comments, Mr Trump said: "It looks like we're not going to have a very good relationship, who knows. | |
"I hope to have a good relationship with him, but it sounds like he's not willing to address the problem either." | "I hope to have a good relationship with him, but it sounds like he's not willing to address the problem either." |
Mr Khan, who is a Muslim, previously warned that Mr Trump's "ignorant" views of Islam "could make both our countries less safe". | Mr Khan, who is a Muslim, previously warned that Mr Trump's "ignorant" views of Islam "could make both our countries less safe". |
In response, Mr Trump said: "I am offended, he doesn't know me. They are vey rude statements. | |
"I think it's ignorant of him to say that." | |
'Back of the queue' | |
Mr Trump, who is the presumptive nominee for the Republic Party after pushing out more than a dozen rivals during the US primary season to be a candidate in the race for the White House, reiterated that he backed the UK leaving the European Union. | |
Unlike US President Barack Obama, Mr Trump said he did not think Brexit would harm the UK's trade position. | |
"It wouldn't make any difference to me whether they were in the EU or not," he said. | |
"They certainly wouldn't be back of the queue, that I can tell you." | |
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson told ITV's Good Morning Britain that it "can't be good" if Mr Trump were to be elected as US president in November. | |
"I'd agree with that. I have huge and infinite faith in the American people that he won't be," she said. |