DONALD Trump has said he has been invited to Downing Street for talks with David Cameron.
The Republican presidential hopeful described the Prime Minister as a "nice guy" and said they will "do just fine" despite Mr Cameron branding the tycoon’s comments on temporarily banning Muslims from America as ''stupid, divisive, and wrong''.
No 10 insisted there were "no confirmed dates" for a meeting but said it was "long-standing practice" for premiers to meet nominees in White House races.
Mr Trump has seen off the competition in the Republican race but has yet to be formally crowned the official candidate.
The billionaire businessman told US news channel MSNBC: "I will do just fine with David Cameron. He's a nice guy; I will do just fine. But they have asked me to visit 10 Downing Street and I might do it."
Earlier this week, it emerged that Downing Street was making contingency plans for a visit to Scotland next month by Mr Trump, who could make the transatlantic trip for the reopening of the Ailsa golf course at Turnberry following renovation. It is owned by the Trump Organisation and is due to reopen on June 1.
Mr Cameron has faced calls from the Trump camp to apologise over his strong criticism last December of the tycoon’s Muslim comments.
The PM has steadfastly refused to row back from the criticism but has insisted he "will respect the outcome of whoever wins" the presidential election.
A Downing Street spokesman said: "It's long-standing practice for the PM to meet with the Republican and Democrat presidential nominees if they visit the UK. Given the parties have yet to choose their nominees, there are no confirmed dates for this."
No 10 confirmed in April that Britain's ambassador in the US had been ''engaging'' with Mr Trump in a move that was seen as an attempt to build bridges in preparation for the possibility of having to deal with the property tycoon.
Any visit in June would not necessarily mean Mr Trump would seek to meet fellow leading Conservatives like Mr Cameron.
However, if he decided to visit Britain after the Republican convention in Cleveland, Ohio, towards the end of July, then protocol would change if, as is widely expected, the entrepreneur became the official Republican presidential nominee.
In those circumstances, the billionaire businessman would be expected to be offered meetings not only with the Prime Minister but also with Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Opposition.
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