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Emily Maitlis brushes with Donald Trump

Emily Maitlis and Donald Trump
Do's and don'ts of interviewing ... Emily Maitlis and Donald Trump. Photograph: BBC

In an interview to be shown this Sunday on BBC2, presenter Emily Maitlis teases Donald Trump with questions about his trademark combover hairstyle. The US property tycoon replies: "It's actually my hair. It's real, if you want to inspect it!" Fellow presenter Selina Scott didn't come off so lightly when she asked him about his thinning follicles. As the Daily Mail's Ephraim Hardcastle column points out, Trump called her "obnoxious, repetitive and not at all very smart" for daring to enquire about his hairdo.

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