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The new Reform MP for Clacton is a friend of the ex-president and claimed he wanted to visit him when Trump was shotin Westminster yesterday, Farage crossed the Atlantic to Milwaukee for the Republican Convention where the ex-president was confirmed as the party’s presidential nominee.
Speaking to Maitlis for the News Agents’ podcast, the Reform Party leader was asked repeatedly why he already left his constituents. He did not quite say Trump had personally invited him, but added: “The people around him thought it was the right thing that I came.”Farage, who has run for parliament eight times overall, replied: “Well I’m allowed to come to America on a trip like this, particularly in these circumstances.
He said he would be back in the UK at the weekend, adding: “Look, what happened on Saturday could have been the most disastrous event.”“That’s a matter for his team to answer, not me. Listen, it was right that I came,” Farage said.Farage hit back: “It was the right thing to do. I have friends – I don’t know if you do or not, maybe you don’t – but I have friends and when they’re having a tough time, it’s right to go and support them.
She tried one more time: “Do you think that’s changed him? You must have spoken to him if he’s a really good friend.”Farage said Trump was “really thoughtful” about what had happened after the “dramatic failure of the secret service”.Suella Braverman Sparks Fresh Tory Row By Calling For Deal With Nigel FarageSign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs.
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