Borat 2: Sacha Baron Cohen hits back at Donald Trump on Twitter

After being branded a ‘creep’ by US President Donald Trump, Sacha Baron Cohen has hilariously hit back with a barb about the upcoming election.

Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen responded to President Trump’s criticism of the film’s sequel with a barb that implies Mr Trump will lose the upcoming election.

The infamous stunt comedian released the sequel to his 2006 hit comedy on Amazon last week showing the character from the country of Kazakhstan embarking on yet another tour of America.

This time, he spent several days with conspiracy theorists, made his way into this year’s CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) and had an actress posing as his daughter, played by Maria Bakalova, interview the president’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.

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Trump is not a Borat fan. Picture: AFP.

The feeling is mutual for Cohen. Picture: AFP.

Voice of America White House Bureau Chief Steve Herman reported on Twitter that Mr Trump commented on the wild movie, which sports the lengthy title Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.

“I don’t know what happened. But years ago, you know, he tried to scam me and I was the only one who said no way. That’s a phony guy and I don’t find him funny,” Trump reportedly said on Air Force One over the weekend. “To me, he’s a creep.”

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Trump said he doesn’t find Cohen funny. Picture: AFP.

It didn’t take long before the celebrity took to Twitter with a jab of his own, thanking the president for giving his movie some free publicity.

“Donald – I appreciate the free publicity for Borat! I admit, I don’t find you funny either. But yet the whole world laughs at you,” he mocked. “I’m always looking for people to play racist buffoons, and you’ll need a job after Jan. 20. Let’s talk!”

As Variety notes, Trump was likely referring to a segment from Cohen’s previous HBO comedy series Da Ali G Show in 2003.

As his famous Ali G character, he had Trump on and pitched him an outrageous business idea for a glove that prevents an ice cream cone from dripping on one’s hand. Trump walked out of the interview after it became clear that the pitch wasn’t legitimate.

One of the more provocative moments in the Borat sequel involved Giuliani, who was seen in a seemingly inappropriate position after his interview with the woman who was supposed to be playing Borat’s teenage daughter.

A poster released for the film sees Cohen pulling of a Trump mask he wears in the film. Picture: Supplied/ Twitter

Giuliani himself responded to early reports about the allegedly compromising moment to explain that he was merely tucking in his shirt and that the filmmaker was trying to take the moment out of context in order to embarrass him.

Cohen didn’t buy it, telling Good Morning America: “I would say that if the President’s lawyer found what he did there appropriate behaviour, then heaven knows what he’s done with other female journalists in hotel rooms.”

This story originally appeared on Fox News and was reproduced here with permission.