Sacha Baron Cohen thanks Donald Trump for giving Borat sequel 'free publicity'

Sacha Baron Cohen has thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for promoting his new movie by publicly criticising it.

The leader is one of the main topics of the new movie, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, and he shared his thoughts on the flick with reporters.

In the film, Baron Cohen's iconic Kazakh newsman character is given the mission of delivering a gift to Trump's Vice President Mike Pence in order to save Kazakhstan from the disgrace it faced from the first Borat movie, and he notably dresses up in a padded suit, wig, and heavy make-up to impersonate Trump at a conference in Maryland.

When asked by reporters on Air Force One if he saw the footage, Trump labelled Baron Cohen "a creep".

"I don't know what happened," he said, according to Voice of America White House bureau chief Steve Herman. "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."

"To me, he's a creep," Trump added.

However, his comments don't appear to have fazed the Brit, who took to Twitter to share an article about the comments and wrote: "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 continued. "I'm always looking for people to play racist buffoons, and you'll need a job after Jan. 20. Let's talk!"

The sequel is available now on Amazon Prime Video.