<p>Writing in the Yorkshire Post, Sir Bernard Ingham warned <a type="internal">Donald Trump</a> that Russian President <a type="internal">Vladimir Putin</a> would not be &#8220;contained by sweet talk&#8221;.</p> 
<p>He also told the President-elect he was &#8220;America&#8217;s people&#8217;s idea of the best of a bad job&#8221;.</p> Donald Trump was asked to show some humility by Sir Bernard Ingham The president-elect has a chance to bring about world peace 
<p>Sir Bernard, who was the former Prime Minister&#8217;s press secretary from 1979 to 1990 warned Mr Trump could not succeed by ignoring US debt and hoping to &#8220;bomb Islamic terrorism out of existence&#8221;.</p> 
<p>He wrote: &#8220;You need to convince people that what is good for Americans would be good for them, too.</p> Sir Ingham was an aide to PM Thatcher 
<p>&#8220;You will only do that if America becomes happier with itself.</p> 
<p>&#8220;You will be considered a great president if, at the end of your first term, the world is more stable and prosperous than you found it on taking the oath.&#8221;</p>
Donald Trump urged by Margaret Thatcher aide to ‘show humility’