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| Donald Trump warning over UK relationship | Donald Trump warning over UK relationship |
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| Donald Trump has warned he may not have a "very good relationship" with UK Prime Minister David Cameron if he wins the US presidency. | Donald Trump has warned he may not have a "very good relationship" with UK Prime Minister David Cameron if he wins the US presidency. |
| Mr Cameron has called the Republican hopeful "stupid, divisive and wrong" over his call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the US. | Mr Cameron has called the Republican hopeful "stupid, divisive and wrong" over his call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the US. |
| Mr Trump also said he would not forgive London Mayor Sadiq Khan for calling him "ignorant". | Mr Trump also said he would not forgive London Mayor Sadiq Khan for calling him "ignorant". |
| Spokespeople for Mr Cameron and Mr Khan said they stood by their comments. | Spokespeople for Mr Cameron and Mr Khan said they stood by their comments. |
| Chancellor George Osborne said: "Of course we stand by what we said when he made it clear he didn't want to have Muslims coming into the US. | |
| "But he's an American presidential candidate and we will talk to him because it's in our interests to talk to our allies like the United States of America." | |
| 'Anti-terror' | |
| Last year, Mr Trump, who has beaten his rivals to become the presumptive Republican candidate, called for a temporary halt to all Muslims entering the US in the wake of the deadly terror attack in San Bernardino, California. | Last year, Mr Trump, who has beaten his rivals to become the presumptive Republican candidate, called for a temporary halt to all Muslims entering the US in the wake of the deadly terror attack in San Bernardino, California. |
| 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". | 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". |
| Responding to Mr Trump's comments at the time, Mr Cameron said: "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." | Responding to Mr Trump's comments at the time, Mr Cameron said: "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." |
| Speaking on ITV's Good Morning Britain earlier on Monday, Mr Trump said: "It looks like we're not going to have a very good relationship, who knows. | Speaking on ITV's Good Morning Britain earlier on Monday, 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 Trump said he was not anti-Muslim but "anti-terror", saying "we have a real problem and we have to discuss it", as he called on Muslims to work with the people and "turn people in" that they suspected of extremism. | Mr Trump said he was not anti-Muslim but "anti-terror", saying "we have a real problem and we have to discuss it", as he called on Muslims to work with the people and "turn people in" that they suspected of extremism. |
| "I have many Muslim friends," he said, "I was with one the other day, one of the most successful men, he's Muslim and he said, 'Donald you have done us such a favour, you have brought out a problem that nobody wants to talk about'." | "I have many Muslim friends," he said, "I was with one the other day, one of the most successful men, he's Muslim and he said, 'Donald you have done us such a favour, you have brought out a problem that nobody wants to talk about'." |
| He also criticised what he called the "very rude statements" made about him by Sadiq Khan after Mr Trump suggested he would make an "exception" to the ban for the London mayor. | |
| Mr Khan, the first directly-elected Muslim mayor of a major Western capital city, dismissed Mr Trump's offer and accused the US presidential hopeful of holding "ignorant" views of Islam which "could make both our countries less safe" by playing in to the hands of extremists. | |
| Responding, Mr Trump told ITV: "I am offended, he doesn't know me." | Responding, Mr Trump told ITV: "I am offended, he doesn't know me." |
| "I think they were very rude statements and, frankly, tell him I will remember those statements," he added. | "I think they were very rude statements and, frankly, tell him I will remember those statements," he added. |
| Mr Trump also challenged Mr Khan to an IQ test. | Mr Trump also challenged Mr Khan to an IQ test. |
| But as the public spat between the two men continued, a spokesman for Mr Khan said US voters would reject Mr Trump's "ignorant, divisive and dangerous" views. | But as the public spat between the two men continued, a spokesman for Mr Khan said US voters would reject Mr Trump's "ignorant, divisive and dangerous" views. |
| He said there were "no plans" to seek direct talks with Mr Trump and mocked his IQ challenge, saying: "Ignorance is not the same thing as lack of intelligence." | He said there were "no plans" to seek direct talks with Mr Trump and mocked his IQ challenge, saying: "Ignorance is not the same thing as lack of intelligence." |
| '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. | 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. |
| In contrast to US President Barack Obama, who has warned that an EU exit would leave the UK at the "back of the queue" in trade talks, Mr Trump said he did not think it would harm the UK's trade position. | In contrast to US President Barack Obama, who has warned that an EU exit would leave the UK at the "back of the queue" in trade talks, Mr Trump said he did not think it 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." | "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. | 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. |