Donald Trump has suggested he could deport the Duke of Sussex from the US over claims he lied on his visa application about taking drugs.
In an interview with Nigel Farage, the former president said he would take “appropriate action” if he were to win November’s presidential election and the Duke was found to have lied on his immigration forms.
The Duke has been accused of giving false information to the Department of Homeland Security when he moved to the US with his wife in June 2020.
US immigration authorities typically require visa applicants to declare they have not taken illegal drugs, but the Duke admitted last year in his memoir Spare that he had taken cocaine, marijuana and magic mushrooms.
‘Appropriate action’
Asked about the situation during a GB News programme airing on Tuesday evening, Mr Trump said: “We’ll have to see if they know something about the drugs, and if he lied they’ll have to take appropriate action.”
Pressed on whether that would mean “not staying in America”, he replied: “Oh I don’t know. You’ll have to tell me. You just have to tell me.”