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\nNigel Farage blasted the UK government for reportedly demanding President Trump not meet with the Brexit architect during his state visit to Britain later this month.
News that top UK officials have forbidden the President from seeing his old friend while in Britain broke in the Daily Telegraph days ago, and Farage has confirmed that he received similar information.
\u201cI was the only British politician who said that he was the right thing, not just for America but for the Western world,\u201d Farage told political analyst Tucker Carlson. \u201cTrump tweeted, \u2018Wouldn\u2019t Farage be good as the British ambassador in Washington?\u2019 and ever since that day they\u2019ve been paranoid about my relationship with the president.\u201d
\u201cWho on earth is some official in 10 Downing Street to tell the US President who he should and shouldn\u2019t meet? I\u2019m sorry to say, but it paints my government, ahead of this visit, in a very bad light.\u201d
When asked if he planned to meet with Trump despite the ban, Farage made it clear that he would not cause any undue \u201cembarrassment\u201d for the President, but added, \u201cIf he wants to see me for a cup of coffee, I\u2019ll go to see him.\u201d
Farage offered a veiled critique of the May administration for allowing the bond between London and Washington D. C. to deteriorate since Trump took office, saying, \u201cLet\u2019s be honest about this, relations between number 10 Downing Street and the White House have not gone as they ought to have done over the last 18 months to two years.\u201d
On Tuesday, the Telegraph cited a Whitehall source in saying, \u201ca ban on a meeting with Mr. Farage, the former UK Independence Party leader, is a red line for 10 Downing Street in the negotiations about the visit to the UK on Friday next week.\u201d
\u201cThe source said Number 10 has made it clear that the US President must not meet Farage’ in the talks over the itinerary.\u201d
President Trump is scheduled to arrive in London on July 13 for a three-day state visit – his first to the UK.
Protestors are expected to be out in full force and London Mayor Sadiq Khan has green-lighted a large balloon depicting the President as a baby in a diaper to fly over the city.
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