‘Handsome Guy’: Donald Trump Praises Brexiteer Guest Nigel Farage At Iowa Campaign Rally
Former President Donald Trump heaped praise on British GB News host Nigel Farage during a campaign speech in Iowa.
“Is that Nigel Farage, by the way?” Trump said, stopping his speech to spotlight the former political leader and staunch ally.
Urging him to stand, the Republican hopeful called for the crowd’s appreciation.
He continued: “Oh, you stand up, will you? I’m just looking at this handsome, this handsome guy. He’s been a backer of mine from day one.”
The former president then gave a nod to Brexit, for which Farage is one of the most famous and long-running campaigning activists. He advocated the departure of the UK from the European Union as a former leader of UKIP and the Brexit Party.
“Old Brexit, very non-controversial, and you’ve been right,” Trump said. “[The government] haven’t implemented it too well, but you’ve been right. No, we’re big fans.”
“Thank you,” Trump concluded. “It really is an honour to have you here. Great, you look great. I love these suits, you know, [the British] know how to dress over there. “We [Americans] don’t know how to dress like they do. Thank you.”
Flattered Farage shared a clip of the call out from “the big man” on X.
Farage’s appearance at the Iowa rally comes as Trump faces significant legal battles in his road to clinch the Republican nomination, with his name being struck off the GOP primary ballot in Maine and Colorado, a decision awaiting the Supreme Court’s verdict.
The former Brexit leader is also eyeing a return to politics. At the beginning of January
Richard Tice, leader of Reform UK, rebranded from Farage’s Brexit Party, stirred the pot revealing that his GB News colleague Farage is “giving a lot of thought” to joining his Reform UK party in a return to the political arena.
Addressing journalists in a press conference after the New Year, Tice, who has been at the helm of Reform UK since 2021, revealed Farage is considering whether to take up a role within the party.
Reform UK has already doubled its poll ratings in the past year and the buzz of Farage’s possible comeback has added fuel to the fire, after Farage said he would not join the Conservative Party as long as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was its leader.
Farage hedging with Reform UK would amplify the party’s already growing threat to Tory dominance of the right-wing vote, effectively splitting it. The news is further underlined by Telegraph reporting polls that show the Tory government facing a disastrous election defeat this year.
