In this Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007 file photo, Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, foreground, delivers a speech as his wife, Princess Amira, looks on, after he received the medal of Great Patron of the French Culture Ministry during a ceremony at the Louvre museum in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
Donald Trump is a disgrace and should pull out of the United States presidential race, Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal tweeted late on Friday.
“@realDonaldTrump You are a disgrace not only to the GOP but to all America,” Alwaleed said on his official Twitter account, @Alwaleed_Talal.
“Withdraw from the US presidential race as you will never win.”
Alwaleed is an unusually outspoken member of the Saudi royal family, who chairs the Kingdom Holding Co.
The diversified firm’s interests include US-banking giant Citigroup.
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Presidential hopeful Donald Trump poses for a portrait after an interview with The Associated Press in Sterling, Virginia, December 2, 2015.
A statement early Saturday from Alwaleed’s office said his tweet was in response to Trump’s “anti-Islam statement.”
Alwaleed is a devout but moderate Muslim.
Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, has been lambasted both in the US and abroad for his proposal made on Monday to temporarily bar Muslims from entering the US.
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Trump’s comments followed a shooting rampage by a Muslim couple in San Bernardino, California, which left 14 dead.
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