Farage admits he hasn’t spoken with Trump for months as he questions president’s judgement on Iran war
Nigel Farage has questioned Donald Trump’s decision on the Iran war after admitting he has not spoken to the US president for months.
The Reform UK leader, who has referred to Mr Trump as a “friend”, shared his concerns in an interview with the Prime Minister. Daily Mail.
Mr Farage shared a particular concern, although he praised Mr Trump’s economic and border control policies and acknowledged the US leader “will not be to everyone’s liking”.
“As a friend, I’m a little worried about his decision on this, yes. I’m worried,” he told the paper.
“If a man who has always been anti-war ends up in this situation, it will be a very sad end to a wonderful political career; I find it hard to understand.”
Farage’s comments come as relations between the US and the UK have become strained in recent months after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer claimed the UK would not be “dragged” into the Iran war.
Mr Farage has previously stated that the American president was not given enough information ahead of military action.
The Reform UK leader told the Press Association that he had not spoken to the US president at the time he spoke to him “earlier this year” and since.
elsewhere Daily Mail In the interview, Mr Farage signaled plans to cancel Sir Keir Starmer’s post-Brexit resumption of relations with the EU, saying a close economic relationship with the US would be more beneficial for Britain.
“The rigidity of the approach to money, risk appetite and capital in America and Europe is incredible,” he said.
“And here Starmer brings us closer to the European Union.”
He also signaled a “major change of thinking” was needed on welfare reform and said the Reform UK government would expand oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.
“Attitudes will have to harden. There needs to be a huge change of thinking about benefits; this will be the biggest war of all,” he said.
“And there will be riots and there will be strikes and there will be protests and we know all that, but this is what we have to do; it has to be done. We can’t afford it right now.”
