US President George Bush has poked fun at a balding BBC political editor in a press conference.

Nick Robinson asked Bush at a Camp David if he could trust Gordon Brown not to "cut and run" from Iraq, reports the Daily Mirror.



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Nick Robinson

Bush, who crossed swords with Robinson last year, replied dismissively: "Are you still hanging around?"

Later, unable to resist a gibe in the baking heat, he told the BBC journalist: "You'd better cover up your bald head, it's getting hot out."

Robinson replied: "I didn't known you cared". Bush hit back: "I don't" before snorting disdainfully and walking away to laughter.

Robinson angered Bush last year by asking him if he was in "denial" about the Iraq war.