U.K. Government Minister Rejects Nigel Farage's Offer To Build Bridges With Trump
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The Trump ally said the U.K. must “roll out the red carpet” for the U.S. president-elect.
Nigel Farage’s offer to help build bridges between Donald Trump and the government have been rejected by a Labour minister.
The Reform UK leader said the U.K. must “roll out the red carpet” for the president-elect, despite previous criticism of him by senior Labour figures.
David Lammy, who is now foreign secretary, once described Trump as “a racist KKK and Nazi sympathizer”.
Farage said he would be “glad to assist” in “bridging the divide that exists between Starmer’s government and Trump.”
But asked whether the government would take up that offer, Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden told Good Morning Britain: “Hasn’t he got a job working for the people of Clacton that he was recently elected to a few months ago?
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