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Thursday 10 December 2015 1:40 pm

New best friends: What people are making of the new alliance between Katie Hopkins and Donald Trump

By: James Nickerson

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Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has courted much criticism for his recent remarks, stating Muslims should be banned from entering the US and that there are areas in London and Paris where police are too scared to go to due to radicalisation. 

In Britain alone this sparked a wide range of responses, including a petition to ban him from the UK. In true Trump fashion, he's doubled down, saying UK politicians "should be thanking" him instead of "pandering to political correctness".

Read more: Trump says UK politicians should be thanking him

Now, that "respected" columnist Katie Hopkins – yep, the same women who compared migrants crossing the Mediterranean to "cockroaches" – has written to praise Trump. She's certainly appears to be in the minority in the Western world…

Here's what he said:

Thank you to respected columnist Katie Hopkins of Daily https://t.co/LgtY0qdv9U for her powerful writing on the U.K.'s Muslim problems.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 10, 2015

Ironic, given the Daily Mail has been running a series of articles that openly criticise Trump. Nevertheless, Hopkins seems to have developed compassion, replying:

https://twitter.com/KTHopkins/status/674939094384906240

And here are some of the best responses to what appears to be a match made in heaven:

.@realDonaldTrump Glad you like Katie Hopkins. She is indeed a respected columnist, much in the way you are a respected political figure.

— Dan Rebellato (@DanRebellato) December 10, 2015

@realDonaldTrump respected columnist. You've literally never heard of her.

— Christopher John (@Moley1985) December 10, 2015

https://twitter.com/OnlySimonLucas/status/674938894475993088

https://twitter.com/CraiggyPops/status/674938156593057792

https://twitter.com/AltCricket/status/674939555724808193

https://twitter.com/RupertMyers/status/674962929440133120

This is how many people now want Donald Trump barred from the UK https://t.co/9lEpcmjYQk pic.twitter.com/R4Bp5p1h9v

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) December 10, 2015

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