Ben Chapman
Guest Reporter
Keir Starmer risks leaving Britain “defenceless” if he is unable to garner positive ties with Donald Trump, according to Nigel Farage.
The Reform UK leader spoke on GB News after the 78-year-old became president-elect for a second time.
Trump won both the Electoral College and the popular vote in a comprehensive victory over his Democrat counterpart Kamala Harris.
According to Nigel, Trump is ‘pro-British’ and the prime minister must harness that in an increasingly volatile world.
“He is the president of the USA”, Nigel told GB News.
“It is our most important single nation trading partner. Without America, we are frankly defenceless in an increasingly dangerous world. That’s what matters.”
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He added that Starmer faces a ‘dilemma’ given his and his party colleagues previous opposition to Trump.
“We now have our own trade policy”, he told Adam Cherry.
“We don’t need to refer to Brussels. We can strike our own deal with America in whatever shape we choose.
“This may give Starmer, our prime minister, a slight dilemma. Does he do what’s right for us, or does he do what Brussels tells him to do?
“The opportunity is there. In terms of intelligence sharing, that’s another area where you’ve got the Five Eyes intelligence group, the English speaking nations exist, but there’s enhanced form of that between us and the Americans.
“Again, there’s a big conflict for Starmer because the European Union are developing their own intelligence agency, where in theory, if we signed up to it, we’d have to share everything with them.
“There’s some very big decisions for this government to make, but an instinctively pro-British US president is a good thing.”
Trump has made no secret of his fondness for Britain, often harking back to his Scotland ties.
He owns Trump Turnberry, a golf course in South Ayrshire, which is often lauded as one of the grandest places to play the sport in the world.
Nigel said Trump’s British ties are a contrast to his predecessor, Joe Biden, who “clearly” was not a “pro-British” president.
“We are still the biggest foreign investor in America and they’re the biggest foreign investor here”, he said.
“But the important thing is, Trump is bringing in a tariff regime. We will be subject to 10 per cent tariffs on everything we try and send to America unless we negotiate.
“If we negotiate, not only can we get a removal of those tariffs, but I still think the price of a free trade deal is there.”
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The Reform UK leader spoke on GB News after the 78-year-old became president-elect for a second time.
Trump won both the Electoral College and the popular vote in a comprehensive victory over his Democrat counterpart Kamala Harris.
According to Nigel, Trump is ‘pro-British’ and the prime minister must harness that in an increasingly volatile world.
“He is the president of the USA”, Nigel told GB News.
“It is our most important single nation trading partner. Without America, we are frankly defenceless in an increasingly dangerous world. That’s what matters.”
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He added that Starmer faces a ‘dilemma’ given his and his party colleagues previous opposition to Trump.
“We now have our own trade policy”, he told Adam Cherry.
“We don’t need to refer to Brussels. We can strike our own deal with America in whatever shape we choose.
“This may give Starmer, our prime minister, a slight dilemma. Does he do what’s right for us, or does he do what Brussels tells him to do?
“The opportunity is there. In terms of intelligence sharing, that’s another area where you’ve got the Five Eyes intelligence group, the English speaking nations exist, but there’s enhanced form of that between us and the Americans.
“Again, there’s a big conflict for Starmer because the European Union are developing their own intelligence agency, where in theory, if we signed up to it, we’d have to share everything with them.
“There’s some very big decisions for this government to make, but an instinctively pro-British US president is a good thing.”
Trump has made no secret of his fondness for Britain, often harking back to his Scotland ties.
He owns Trump Turnberry, a golf course in South Ayrshire, which is often lauded as one of the grandest places to play the sport in the world.
Nigel said Trump’s British ties are a contrast to his predecessor, Joe Biden, who “clearly” was not a “pro-British” president.
“We are still the biggest foreign investor in America and they’re the biggest foreign investor here”, he said.
“But the important thing is, Trump is bringing in a tariff regime. We will be subject to 10 per cent tariffs on everything we try and send to America unless we negotiate.
“If we negotiate, not only can we get a removal of those tariffs, but I still think the price of a free trade deal is there.”
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