Salmond called ‘has been’ by Trump

Alex Salmond has described how Donald Trump once rang him up in the early hours of the morning to brand him a “has been” and a “nobody”.

In an interview on breakfast TV, the former SNP leader revealed the depths to which his relationship with the US president sank before the entrepreneur made it to the White House.

The pair fell out when Mr Salmond was first minister over a wind farm located off Mr Trump’s golf course at the Menie Estate in the North-east of Scotland.

Mr Trump lost attempts to have the renewable energy project halted on several occasions.

On an appearance to publicise his Edinburgh Fringe show, Mr Salmond said: “I probably didn’t help things by texting him, once, twice, three times a loser. I got one of these 2am in the morning tirades about being a has been and a nobody – and that was before I lost my seat.”

In a separate interview on Sky News, Mr Salmond confirmed that he intended to stand again for parliament despite losing his Gordon seat last month.