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Nigel Farage says Donald Trump would be 'very welcome' in the UK

Shehab Khan
Updated

Nigel Farage has said Donald Trump would be “very welcome” in the UK, suggesting the British public were beginning to "get the Trump message".

The former leader of UKIP was on Fox News ahead of his appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). He urged people not to judge the UK on the comments made by “the left”, singling out Jeremy Corbyn and Sadiq Khan.

Mr Farage, who was the first British politician to meet Mr Trump after he won the US presidential election in 2016, said people in the UK were beginning to warm to the President.

“Please don’t judge my country by London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Mr Corbyn and the left who every time the President is going to visit the UK promise mass street protests,” Mr Farage said.

“Actually the truth of it is that in the UK too people are beginning to get the Trump message and he would be very welcome to come to our country.”

Theresa May invited Mr Trump to the UK when the two met at Davos with a visit expected to take place in the second half of the year.

Mr Trump had cancelled his planned visit to the UK in February, where he had been expected to open the new US embassy in London.

Mass protests have been planned if Mr Trump does visit, with social media events already organising a potential march.

Mr Khan had said that Mr Trump was not welcome in the capital and that he had finally “got the message”.

In a statement last month, Mr Khan said: “It appears that President Trump got the message from the many Londoners who love and admire America and Americans but find his policies and actions the polar opposite of our city’s values of inclusion, diversity and tolerance.

“His visit next month would without doubt have been met by mass peaceful protests.”

Mr Corbyn also reacted positively to the news that Mr Trump would not be coming to the UK

“Cancellation of President Trump's State Visit is welcome, especially after his attack on London's mayor & withdrawal from #ParisClimateDeal,” he tweeted at the time.