He tried to scamme: Why Trump is no fan of ‘ Borat’ creator Cohen
Donald Trump said on Friday he has not been a fan of Sacha Baron Cohen— even before a clip from the British comedian’s new Borat film forced the US president’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani into an awkward explanation.
Asked about the clip — which shows Giuliani in a faked “interview” with an attractive and flirtatious young woman — while speaking to journalists aboard Air Force One, Trump said: “I don’t knowwhat happened.”
“But years ago, you know, he tried to scamme. And Iwas the only one who said noway. That’s a phoney guy. And I don’t find him funny.” Trump said the incident happened about 15 years ago.
“Tome, hewas a creep,” Trump said.
Outrageous ambushes
The president did not provide further details about that encounter, but in a 2003 interview, Baron Cohen — playing the wannabe gangster Ali G — pitched a business venture to Trump: special gloves for eating ice cream.
Before the new Borat film’s release, word of Baron Cohen’s latest outrageous ambushes on unsuspecting participants had spread like wildfire.
On Wednesday, Giuliani issued an angry denial over the fake interview. In the film, the encounter appears to leave the 76- year- old former New York mayor in a compromising situation, caught with his hands down his pants in the bedroom. Giulia ni said the scenewas “a complete fabrication.”
“I was tucking in my shirt after taking off the recording equipment. At no time before, during, or after the interview was I ever inappropriate,” he tweeted. “If Sacha Baron Cohen implies otherwise, he is a stone- coldliar.”
The comedian continued to poke fun at Giuliani. In a video posted on social media, Borat himself leapt to his defence and accused the “fake news media” — a term often used by Trump and his supporters — of turning an “innocent” encounter into “something disgusting.”