I have Donald Trump’s team on speed dial, let me help, says Nigel Farage in message to Keir Starmer
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NIGEL Farage today reveals he has spoken to Keir Starmer’s government about helping them schmooze Donald Trump - as he declares he has the new US regime “on speed dial”. The Reform UK party boss said he made the offer to act as a go-between in “the national interest” and in one to one talks with “senior members” of the Labour government.
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Mr Farage said his message to the PM: “If you need help, I'll give it.”. While The Don and Sir Keir are “not going to be mates” because they are “not natural bedfellows" they can still get a lot done, he insisted. But he suggested the Labour PM and his new ambassador Peter Mandelson will need a little help bashing down the door to the Oval Office.
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Mr Farage said: “Let's be frank, there are lots of members of [Trump’s] incoming Cabinet that I know very well. Some are genuine friends on speed dial. “It is in our national interest in terms of intelligence, defense, economics and trade, that we have a great relationship with America.
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“If I was able - behind the scenes - to help with that I would, even though it's a Labour government. Because it is in the national interest.”. Donald Trump will be sworn in as US President for the second time tomorrow - ushering in a new era in global politics.
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The world is waiting with bated breath to see if he follows through with threats to impose crippling trade tariffs and force Nato countries to ramp up defence spending. Mr Farage said Sir Keir came within a whisker of wrecking the relationship with the Trump White House before it even began by threatening to sign over the Chagos islands.
