Labour Minister Rejects Nigel Farage's Offer To Build Bridges With Donald Trump

Nigel Farage’s offer to thief build bridges betwixt Donald Trump and nan authorities person been rejected by a Labour minister.

David Lammy, who is now overseas secretary, erstwhile described Trump arsenic “a racist KKK and Nazi sympathiser”.

Farage said he would beryllium “glad to assist” successful “bridging nan disagreement that exists betwixt Starmer’s authorities and Trump”.

But asked whether nan authorities would return up that offer, Cabinet Office curate Pat McFadden told Good Morning Britain: “Hasn’t he sewage a occupation moving for nan group of Clacton that he was precocious elected to a fewer months ago?

“We do person a beardown narration and we want to support that and that is why nan Prime Minister said to nan president-elect past night.

“We person sewage an fantabulous ambassador moving for america successful nan United States astatine nan moment.

“We cognize that being an state of nan United States, opinionated pinch nan United States, being a friend of nan United States is successful Britain’s interests and nan 2 of america acting together is successful nan liking of nan world too.”

Starmer - who had meal pinch Trump successful New York 2 months agone - was 1 of nan first overseas leaders to speak to nan president-elect connected nan telephone pursuing his stunning predetermination triumph complete Kamala Harris.

A Downing Street spokesperson said: “The premier curate offered his hearty congratulations and said he looked guardant to moving intimately pinch president-elect Trump crossed each areas of nan typical relationship.

“From defence and information to maturation and prosperity, nan narration betwixt nan UK and US was incredibly beardown and would proceed to thrive for galore years to come, nan leaders agreed.

“The Prime Minister besides reflected connected nan business successful nan Middle East and underscored nan value of location stability.

“The leaders fondly recalled their gathering successful September, and President-elect Trump’s adjacent connections and affinity to nan United Kingdom and looked guardant to moving pinch 1 another.”

But successful a motion of nan imaginable problems which nan authorities will look successful dealing pinch a Trump White House, nan brace did not talk nan business successful Ukraine.

The president-elect has famously said he will extremity nan warfare successful his first time successful office, but has not said he wants Ukraine to win.