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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. | Mr Cameron and Mr Khan stand by their comments, their spokespeople said. |
| In December Mr Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States after a Muslim couple, who were believed to have been radicalised, killed 14 people in San Bernadino. | |
| He said many Muslims nursed a "hatred" towards America and a ban should be in force "until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on". | |
| 'Rude statements' | |
| Mr Cameron said at the time of Mr Trump's comments: "I think his remarks are divisive, stupid and wrong and I think if he came to visit our country I think it'd unite us all against him." | |
| In response, 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, also warned last week that Mr Trump's "ignorant" views of Islam "could make both our countries less safe". | |
| "It risks alienating mainstream Muslims around the world and plays in to the hands of the extremists," he said last Tuesday. | |
| "Donald Trump and those around him think that western liberal values are incompatible with mainstream Islam - London has proved him wrong." | |
| In response, Mr Trump said: "I am offended, he doesn't know me. They are vey rude statements. | 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." | "I think it's ignorant of him to say that." |
| 'Back of the queue' | 'Back of the queue' |
| Mr Trump, who is the presumptive nominee for the Republican 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. | 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. | "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." | "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. | 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. | "I'd agree with that. I have huge and infinite faith in the American people that he won't be," she said. |