United Kingdom, July 12 -- Uri Geller has claimed he could "clone" U.S. president Donald Trump because he has a lock of his hair.

The illusionist and self-proclaimed psychic regularly hits headlines thanks to his outrageous claims, and in an interview with The Sunday Times newspaper, he did it once again.

He stated: "I have his hair; I could clone him."

Uri has a history of focusing on celebrities, and has stuck to his assertion that Michael Jackson is entirely innocent of the child abuse claims that have blighted his career.

He explained in the interview that while Michael, who died in 2009, had enlisted his services to help stop him eating junk food, Uri decided to do something "highly unethical".

Uri said: "I hypnotised Michael Ja...