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Saudi prince has slammed Donald Trump after being dragged into the Republican
presidential front-runner’s battle with Fox News, saying he “bailed out” the
businessman twice in the past.
The
war of words erupted on Twitter on Thursday after Trump posted a photoshopped
image that showed Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal bin Abdulaziz with Fox News anchor
Megyn Kelly describing Al-Waleed as a “co-owner of Fox News”.
Al-Waleed
hit back soon after on Twitter, saying in a tweet that he had bailed out the
billionaire invested twice.
The
prince, who is chairman of the board of Kingdom Holding Company, an investment
holding company, included a link to a news report about him buying Trump’s
yacht Trump Princess in 1991 after the billionaire was in debt for $900
million.
The
news report also said Al-Waleed took a controlling stake in Trump’s Plaza Hotel
in New York in 1995, when Trump was unable to make loan payments.
This
is not the first time Trump and Al-Waleed have faced off on Twitter. After
Trump called for a ban on the entry of all Muslims into the US last month,
Al-Waleed said the Republican front-runner was a “disgrace” to his party and
should withdraw from the presidential race.
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