Reform UK leader and vocal Donald Trump supporter Nigel Farage has said he is “thrilled” that his friend has become the next President of the United States.
Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election after Wisconsin was called as a red state, shortly after North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania were confirmed to have voted Republican.
He gained more than the 270 electoral college votes needed to defeat Democrat opponent Kamala Harris, who, as of Wednesday afternoon, was yet to officially concede the election.
Nigel Farage attended the Trump HQ election watch party in West Palm Beach to show his support for his ‘friend’, where Trump held his victory party.
As Trump’s victory became clear, though before it was officially announced, Farage called on Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer to “roll up the red carpet” for the President, and to do so quickly.
Speaking to GB news, Farage said: “I’ve been loyal to this guy through thick and thin. Anyway, over the course of nine years, I am very pleased that I have.”
Farage also attended two of Trump’s rallies in the swing states of Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Prior to the election, he also claimed a Trump win would make the world safer.
Farage said: “Rally after rally, the pressure he is under, the guy’s incredible.
“I have supported him loyally and want him to win very badly.
“Had I not stood to be an MP, I would spend a lot more time here.”
Farage recently had success at the UK general election in which Reform UK won five seats out of 650 available in the UK, giving the fringe party significant influence for the first time.
The evening before the election at a rally in Pennsylvania on Monday, Trump praised a “man from Europe”, adding that he was doing a “great job”.
He said: “He was the big winner of the last election in the UK.
“He’s a very spectacular man, very highly respected.
“He’s a little bit of a rebel but that’s good – don’t change Nigel.”
Farage labelled labour staffers going to the US to help Harris’ campaign as election interference by the Labour party.
Farage said: “It is foolish if Trump wins.
”Who is paying for all this?”
The Clacton MP has travelled to the US to support Trump previously, including in July when he declared £32,836 from a private donor for flights and accommodation.
In the register of MP interests, he said the purpose was “to support a friend who was almost killed and to represent Clacton on the world stage”.
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