Nigel Farage has shared his joy after Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron ‘ate humble pie’ by holding private talks with Donald Trump.
The former Prime Minister discussed Ukraine, the war in Gaza and the future of Nato with the man looking to win the presidential election later this year.
Cameron has previously described Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ travel policy as ‘divisive, stupid and wrong’ and the man himself as ‘protectionist, xenophobic and misogynistic’.
Speaking on GB News, Trump ally and Cameron critic Nigel Farage did not hide his satisfaction at the idea of the foreign secretary asking the 77-year-old for a favour.
Nigel Farage says Cameron has been forced to 'eat humble pie'
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“I would have paid anything to have been a fly on the wall last night at the dinner at Mar-a-Lago where Donald Trump was there with a British ambassador and with our Foreign Secretary, Lord, Yes, Lord Cameron”, he said.
“Cameron, ever the globalist and Cameron, of course, a great friend of President Obama.
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REUTERS“His Conservative politics were very close to President Obama's who of course, if you remember, intervened in our referendum, and told us: ‘vote Brexit, you'll go to the back of the queue.’
“I'd love to have been there last night to see Cameron eating Humble Pie.
“Isn’t it funny: all these people around the world who’ve been rude and vile about Donald Trump. In the end, they all have to come and break bread.”
Trump is at loggerheads with Democrats and European governments over support for Ukraine, which he has pledged to cut if he wins in November.
The UK Government has adopted a different approach to the conflict in Eastern Europe, pledging to continue its pricey support programme for Ukraine.
A £2.5bn package of military aid for the 2024-25 financial year was announced in January.
Cameron’s meeting with Trump came ahead of a news conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinker, where he announced the UK will continue allowing arms exports to Israel.
The Foreign Secretary said he had reviewed the most recent legal advice about the situation in Gaza, and this left the UK’s position on export licences “unchanged”.
Speaking in Washington DC, he said: “This is consistent with the advice that I and other ministers have received, and as ever we will keep the position under review.”
But, he added, the UK continued to have “grave concerns” about humanitarian access to Gaza, saying Israeli promises to “flood Gaza with aid … now need to be turned into reality”.