He also said that he is ’the least racist person that anybody is going to meet.’

Turning to May, Trump insisted: "We actually have a very good relationship although a lot of people think we don't.

"I support her, I support a lot of what she does and I support you militarily very much. We will come to your defence should anything happen," he told the breakfast news show.

Trump was due to make a state visit to Britain this year, but recently pulled out of a ceremony to open the new US embassy in London following the spats, and after it appeared the visit would be met with protests.

Trump said "I don't care" about the potential protesters, adding: "I think a lot of the people in your country like what I stand for, I do stand for tough borders."

May spoke to the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, with Trump set to deliver his address later Friday.