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Nigel Farage divides opinion after attending Trump rally in US

Nigel Farage has caused controversy online after he attended a rally in Pennsylvania in the run up to Trump’s re-election as president.

At the rally on Monday 4 November, Trump called the Reform UK leader “the big winner of the last election” in the UK, and that he is “very highly respected”.

After Trump won the election this morning, Farage took to X, calling Trump a “genuine friend of the United Kingdom” and urged Keir Starmer to “roll out the red carpet for the 47th President of the USA”.

Farage’s presence at the rally, as well as his investment in US politics generally, has divided opinion online, with some people supporting him and others calling him out for not spending enough time in his constituency, Clacton.

Carol Vorderman posted on X: “‘Farage is highly respected’ and ‘won bigly’ says Donald Trump πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚”

Another X user posted a picture of a police search with the caption: “The search for Nigel Farage in Clacton enters its 18th week, “jibing at how little time he has spent in Clacton since being elected at its MP.

Another user posted a video of Farage on “holiday” in the US during the election campaign and tagged the Speaker of the Houses of Commons in their tweet, asking if Parliament is in recess.

Others, however, have shown their support for Farage and his investment in the US election.

One user posted that the friendship between Farage and Trump has kept the new president-elect on the UK’s side.

Another took to X to call Farage the “real British ambassador to the US.”

Featured Image: Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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