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Farage plays both sides on Trump friendship
The Reform UK leader praises Trump to American conservatives but downplays their closeness to British voters who dislike the U.S. president.
In brief
The Reform UK leader praises Trump to American conservatives but downplays their closeness to British voters who dislike the U.S. president. Nigel Farage publicly distances himself from Donald Trump in Britain while emphasizing their friendship to U.S. conservatives, reflecting Trump's unpopularity in the U.K…
Farage's warm words for Trump
On the Benny Show podcast on September thirtieth, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage told American conservatives he agrees with Donald Trump on almost everything.
“There are very few human beings I know with whom I agree on so much as I do with Donald Trump.”
A different tune for British voters
In Britain, Farage has downplayed his closeness to Trump as he positions himself as a contender for U.K.prime minister.In April on Times Radio, he said he hadn't been in touch with Trump for many months.
“I haven't really been in touch with Trump for many months.”
Public disagreements with Trump
Farage has criticized Trump's tariff threats as wrong, questioned his comments on Canada becoming a fifty-first state, and distanced himself from Trump's views on Ukraine.He initially supported the U.S.
“let's not get ourselves involved in another foreign war.”
Why the balancing act matters
Trump is deeply unpopular in the U.K., and Farage's relationship with him is off-putting to many British voters.Yet Farage sees his links with the U.S.right as deeply important to his political future and influence.
At a glance
Nigel Farage publicly distances himself from Donald Trump in Britain while emphasizing their friendship to U.S. conservatives, reflecting Trump's unpopularity in the U.K.
