Nigel Farage has spoken out on whether he is “disengaging” with President Trump in a discussion with GB News’s Political Editor Christopher Hope.
Speaking on the People’s Channel, Chopper asked the Reform UK leader whether he is taking a step back from US affairs.
Owing to their similar ideologies and friendship, Trump and Farage have maintained close ties since 2016 with the latter often making appearances at rallies in America.
After Trump was dealt a unanimous guilty verdict on 34 counts of falsifying business records in 2024, Farage once again threw his weight behind Trump by saying he backs him “more than ever”.
Nigel Farage has denied claims he is 'disengaging' from Donald Trump
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Britain is subject to Trump's controversial tariffs and Farage has been tipped by many to potentially bridge the gap that exists between the UK and US administrations.
Asked if he has “been in touch”, Farage said: “If I’m seen to be interfering from the sidelines, that would look terrible.”
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Donald Trump said Starmer is happy with the tariffs REUTERSChopper then asked if he is “disengaging” from Trump and whether there is “ground to be gained” for Reform UK by doing so, he said: “I’ve always said that our interests with Trump are similar but not symmetrical.
“I still believe this is a pro-British American president who wants to do a full trade deal with us.
“I worry that Starmer’s reset with the EU is going to make that impossible.”
The Reform UK leader then appeared to extend an olive branch to Labour and Sir Keir Starmer, saying he would be willing to communicate with Trump if they ask him to do so.
Nigel Farage told Keir Starmer he would be willing to help out the Labour government by calling Donald Trump
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He told Chopper: “I’m not disengaging. But I cannot be seen to interfere. If the Labour Party ring me up and say, ‘go and see him and try and help with the trade deal’, I will go and do it.
“But if I interfere now, I will be called all the names under the sun.”
Farage made clear this month that he will not always be aligned with the president by criticising his tariffs.
The UK had been spared higher tariff rates which others have been hit with after it resisted retaliatory action.
The US imposed tariffs of 10 per cent on most UK goods imported into the US.
A Downing Street source lauded Starmer’s “cool and calm” approach, saying it “paid off”.
