Reform UK leader claims US Republican ‘was watching my speeches in the European Parliament’ before running for the White House.
The leading Brexit eer claimed in an interview that Trump saw Farage’s own long career as a rabble-rouser in the European Parliament as a model when he decided to run for the White House.And Farage claimed of Trump: “He was watching my speeches in the European Parliament for many years before he decided to run.”Farage — who is running for parliament in the U.K.
He served as an MEP between 1999 and 2020, when Britain quit the bloc. He used the parliament as a platform for punchy speeches promoting his Eurosceptic views, which often racked up huge viewership on YouTube and riled up parts of the Brussels bubble. on numerous occasions. Farage flirted with heading to the U.S. to campaign for Trump’s presidential re-election bid this year, but is instead focusing on U.K. politics.
Speaking to ITV, Reform’s leader — who has spoken of his desire to replace the Tories as a new force on the right — denied he’s Britain’s version of Trump.
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