Donald Trump in Twitter Rant with Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal

Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has described Donald Trump as a “disgrace to America”.

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said on Twitter that Donald Trump should give up his presidential ambitions because he would never win.

It follows the Republican presidential hopeful’s call for Muslims to be barred from entering the US for security reasons.

Donald Trump tweeted back, calling the prince “dopey”.

“You are a disgrace not only to the GOP [Republican Party] but to all America,” Prince Alwaleed bin Talal tweeted.

“Withdraw from the US presidential race as you will never win.”

Donald Trump responded by accusing the prince of wanting to use what he called “daddy’s money” to control US politicians.

That would not happen, Donald Trump said, when he got elected.

The real estate mogul has been widely criticized for his call for a ban on Muslims entering the US.

On December 10, Damac Properties – a Dubai company building a golf complex with Donald Trump – removed his name and image from the property.

Donald Trump’s comments came following the San Bernardino shootings, carried out by two Muslims who the FBI said were radicalized.

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, 60, is the nephew of King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud. He completed a business degree in California in 1979.

The prince was named world’s richest Arab in Forbes’ 2015 list as he worth an estimated $32 billion.

He has stakes in Disney, 21st Century Fox, News Corp, Apple, GM, Twitter, and a string of hotel chains and luxury hotels, including the Plaza in New York and the George V in Paris.

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is the owner of 95% of Kingdom Holdings, a publicly-traded company on the Saudi stock exchange. He is considered Westernized and progressive on most issues. He champions women’s rights and most of his staff are women.