--- description: "Withdraw from the U.S presidential race as you will never win" title: Richest Saudi Prince Calls Donald Trump a 'Disgrace' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Richest Saudi Prince Calls Donald Trump a 'Disgrace' by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 11, 2015 10:37 PM CUT by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 11, 2015 10:37 PM CUT Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, the richest man in his country, has apparently [asked](http://ht.ly/VMB9P "undefined") Donald Trump to withdraw from the U.S. presidential race following Trump’s comments about barring Muslims from entering the U.S. Alwaleed, whose almost $25 billion net worth makes him [Forbes](http://www.forbes.com/profile/prince-alwaleed-bin-talal-alsaud/?list=billionaires "undefined")‘ 34th richest person in the world, tweeted at his fellow hotel tycoon on his verified account. “You are a disgrace not only to the GOP but to all America. Withdraw from the U.S presidential race as you will never win.” His office later sent out a statement directing attention to the tweet. > [](https://twitter.com/Alwaleed%5FTalal/status/675390247165915137) Trump does not appear to have responded yet. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4146579/saudi-prince-donald-trump-alwaleed-bin-talal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4146579/saudi-prince-donald-trump-alwaleed-bin-talal/"},"headline":"Richest Saudi Prince Calls Donald Trump a 'Disgrace'","datePublished":"2015-12-11T22:37:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:19:08.245Z","description":"And he has a message for him","url":"https://time.com/4146579/saudi-prince-donald-trump-alwaleed-bin-talal/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Election 2016"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4146579/saudi-prince-donald-trump-alwaleed-bin-talal/","name":"Richest Saudi Prince Calls Donald Trump a 'Disgrace'"}}]}] ```