Piers Morgan has described Arlene Foster as sounding 'like Donald Trump' after the ex-DUP leader defended Unionism's performance in the Assembly Election.
Sinn Féin secured the most seats in the Assembly election, the first time that a nationalist party will form the largest grouping in the devolved Stormont Assembly.
Tweeting on Sunday morning, Mr Morgan said: "I don’t think people fully understand the consequences of Sinn Fein’s success."
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He went on to say the public were "witnessing the impending and I think now inevitable collapse of the United Kingdom".
Responding to the comments, ex-DUP MP Emma Little-Pengelly said the remarks are "the kind of nonsense predicted".
She added: "Sinn Féin had no seat change (had 27, now on 27) DUP went into the election on 27 and only lost 2 seats. While Alliance gained, it was mainly consolidation of the middle ground (4 from SDLP, 1 from UUP and 2 from Green party)."
And following on from this, former DUP Leader Arlene Foster weighed into the debate, with her comments leading to Piers Morgan saying she "sounds like Donald Trump".
Mrs Foster tweeted: "I have to say if people are going to comment on NI they should at least have the basics @piersmorgan.
"Unionism is still the largest designation and nationalism lost more seats."
Northern Ireland’s political parties have been urged to form an Executive as soon as possible by Secretary of State Brandon Lewis.
The region has been without a powersharing Executive for several months after the DUP collapsed the institutions as part of its protest against the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol.
The party, led by Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, has vowed not to re-enter government unless their demands over the protocol are met.
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