Former UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage tweeted on Monday, April 26, that he will embark on a six-week speaking tour of the United States to encourage downtrodden American conservatives. He also met with former President Donald Trump at his Sea Lake estate in Florida that night and had a good conversation with each other.
Farage has been invited by Freedom Works, a conservative organization, to speak on a six-week tour of the United States. “Freedom Works is a grassroots group of American conservatives who support the ideas of smaller government, lower taxes and free markets in the United States. The group endorsed Trump during both the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.
Trump, an old friend in Farage’s eyes
Farage chatted with Trump for half an hour at the Sea Lake estate on the evening of April 26, when former first lady Melania celebrated her 51st birthday, according to the Telegraph website. They discussed U.K.-U.S. relations, the recently widowed Queen, British Prime Minister Johnson and the U.K. vaccine program and Trump’s participation in the 2024 election.
Farage said Trump, now 74, is heartbroken about the 2020 U.S. election and the reality that the Democratic Party is increasingly to the left, and that he is very seriously considering whether to run in the 2024 election.
Farage said, “Trump is thinking about this very seriously; and I’m telling him that no one has your passion and enthusiasm.”
Farage described Trump as preferring to listen to others rather than speak for himself on the evening of the 26th.
So Farage talked about the Queen of England, who was only recently widowed. Farage believes Trump respects the Queen of England. He said, “He loves Britain, he loves the Queen, and he reiterated to me again his respect for the Queen.”
“He believes there is no one in the world who can compare to the Queen of England, so when he saw her sitting alone and distraught at Prince Philip’s funeral, he was saddened.”
Trump also praised British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the U.K.’s vaccine program. Farage said, “He was always wishing Johnson well and was pleased to hear that the vaccine program launched in the U.K. was far more successful than the one in the European Union.”
Farage said he and Trump both hope a post-Brexit Britain will be successful and both look forward to a closer U.S.-U.K. relationship and hope the U.S. and U.K. can finally reach a free trade agreement.
When talking about the current U.S. administration, Farage said, “Trump doesn’t think he’s in control right now, he thinks the Democrats are becoming more and more left.”
Farage also described Trump, who left office, as playing a lot of golf and starting to lose weight and appearing to be living a happy life.
“He looks healthy and well,” Farage wrote on his Twitter account.
The newspaper said that Farage and Trump have been friends for many years because of their similar philosophies of governance and their desire to “drain the swamp”. When Farage pushed for Britain to leave the European Union, he often received support from Trump across the Atlantic; and during Trump’s candidacy last year, Trump also once invited Farage, who was visiting the United States, to join his campaign, and once jokingly claimed Farage was the “King of Europe” at a campaign event in Arizona.
Farage tells U.S. conservatives: Don’t be depressed, don’t be fooled by illusions
Farage said the purpose of his U.S. speaking tour is to cheer up American conservatives who are unhappy with the outcome of the 2020 election and the new U.S. administration.
There was a time when Brexit looked hopeless, too, but the success of Brexit in the end showed that the underclass can fight back and win in the end,” Farage said. That’s the message I bring to conservatives on this trip: don’t get discouraged, don’t get frustrated, don’t be fooled by illusions. No matter how bad the left is, this is an opportunity for conservatives (to win back).”
He sees a culture war happening in the U.S. right now and suggests that the conservative movement in the U.S. can win back America by bringing hope to the American people and winning back America. “It takes people at the bottom to convince Americans that they can turn things around and make things better as a way to encourage Americans,” he said.
“It’s not just the election that we need to win back, it’s hearts and minds and ideas. We need to win this major culture war by reaching out and inspiring Americans with a positive image.”
The newspaper said Farage’s trip will take him to Chicago, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, San Antonio and other cities to give speeches.
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