Cohen as Borat comes to haunt Trump, US prez calls actor a 'creep'

US President Donald Trump says he thinks Sacha Baron Cohen, the English comedian behind The Dictator and Borat films, is ‘a creep.’

The second installment of Cohen's 2006 comedy riot, Borat Subsequent, shows Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani in a near compromising position in a hotel room with a much younger woman journalist in a 'faked interview'.

On Friday night, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said he didn’t know what happened with Giuliani.

“But, you know, years ago he tried to scam me,” Trump said of Baron Cohen. “And I was the only one that said, ‘No way. This guy is a phony guy.'”

Trump said the incident happened about 15 years ago, he was likely referring to Baron Cohen’s 2003 interview with him while playing Ali G.

Further referring to Cohen, Trump said, “I don’t find him funny. “To me, he’s a creep,” he added.