Nigel Farage has said Donald Trump should accept the result of the US election if he loses decisively to opponent, Kamala Harris.
The Reform UK leader also offered to put party politics aside, and said he would provide Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with help in bringing former President Trump back on friendly terms with the UK government.
Farage said that Vice President Harris could move to ease any potential unrest if she wins the election by pardoning Trump once in office.
It comes as the MP for Clacton landed in Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday evening after being invited by Trump to attend his election day party at his home Mar-a-Lago.
Farage told The Telegraph: “If it was clear and decisive then maybe it’s time [for Trump] to go and play golf at Turnberry.”
He said that if Trump loses he should not claim the election was stolen as he alleged in 2020, but instead move on for the sake of US democracy. However, Farage added: “It’s all hypothetical and I still think he is going to win.”
Farage also praised Trump for his work ethic, saying: “Rally after rally, the pressure he is under, the guy’s incredible…I have supported him loyally all the way through and I want him to win very badly. Had I not stood to be an MP I would spend a lot more time here.”
He told The i: “He’s a friend of mine, has been for a long time…But more important than that, he is a friend of the UK. The most important thing isn’t Trump’s relationship with Reform. The most important thing is Trump’s relationship with the Labour government.”
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Trump and Farage (pictured in 2016)
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On the differences between Trump and Harris, Farage told The Telegraph: “You have seen more humour from him [Trump] in the last few weeks than you’ve seen in the previous nine years.
“He’s been in public much more like he is in private. In private, he is a storyteller, a raconteur, he is very very funny. Laughter is never far away when you are with him and we have seen some of that.”
“Harris without a teleprompter… hasn’t got anything to say. You see a big interview and they are all car crashes. She has zero spontaneity. She is scripted to hell. It’s the way politics has gone.”
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Santander arena in Reading, Pennsylvania
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Farage’s offer in bringing former President Trump back on friendly terms with the UK government comes after a row over Labour staff members and former officials volunteering for the Harris campaign.
He added: “It’s going to be difficult for a period. But Trump does actually possess a bit more forgiveness than people realise. I mean, let’s face it, JD Vance (Trump’s running mate) was a never Trumper, Ted Cruz smashed him at the 2016 convention but Trump went out and campaigned for him in the midterms.
“So, it won’t be an overnight love affair. It will take time, and perhaps it’ll take a degree of humility from the British government.
“There’s really three factors here. There’s a 10-year feud with [Sadiq] Khan and then there’s Lammy’s comments, and there’s Labour’s support for Kamala. So, it won’t be overnight, but it’s still an important relationship. The relationship for us as a country is important.”
