Trump has invited me to White House for second interview, claims GMB host Piers Morgan

Breakfast host says he imagines it will be 'the next time you will see me pop up'

Piers Morgan has said Donald Trump invited him to the White House to interview him while the pair took a trip on Air Force One.

The Good Morning Britain (GMB) host had the first international interview with Mr Trump as president at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January last year.

Morgan said he was “working on” a follow-up “long-form” interview which he planned to hold inside the White House.

The 54-year-old said the pair had last met on Air Force One – the aircraft used by the US president.

Mr Trump told the host he “could come to the White House and do the next one there,” Morgan said. ”I imagine the next time you will see me pop up – which I know will bring huge joy to people, especially my journalistic rivals who never get him – is probably at the White House. That’s what I am working on.”

He added that he expected the interview to “straddle” a host of publications.

Asked what viewers should expect from their next meeting, Morgan replied: “I think another long-form interview, yes.”

Morgan met President Trump in 2008 when he appeared as a competitor on the celebrity version of The Apprentice in the US, which he went on to win.

The presenter has previously said he is a friend of the president, but last year aired his disagreement with Mr Trump’s ban on immigrants from seven majority Muslim countries.

Morgan attributed exclusive interviews such as those with Mr Trump to the success of GMB.

The ITV daytime show’s ratings are up 10 per cent on the same period last year, and the show this year received two Bafta nominations for best news coverage for their piece on knife crime and an interview with Thomas Markle.

Press Association