Award-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has suggested that Donald Trump is so cartoonish that he wouldn’t make a convincing president in The West Wing, let alone in real life.

Asked what a West Wing with Trump would be like, Sorkin told Digital Spy: "Awful! (Laughs) Well, no, here's what would happen - I would create that Donald Trump-esque character, but I would have to make some adjustments to the character to make it believable.

"If I just did Trump as Trump, no-one would buy that as a believable character."

The Social Network writer went on to suggest that business magnate Trump is such a stock character his inclusion would have entirely ruined his credibility.

“…The critics would say it was Sorkin going after a straw man,” he added.

"I think that if the characters on The West Wing were watching a TV show about the characters who are running for President right now, they'd say, 'This is insane! You can't believe this, this is a silly television show, they should get it closer to real life.'"