UK Independence Party Leader Nigel Farage has met US President-elect Donald Trump in what was the first meeting between Trump and a British official since Election Day.
Farage, who is a leading Brexit campaigner, met the president-elect Saturday at his New York residence Trump Tower, spending two hours discussing “global politics, and the status of Brexit.”
“It was a great honor to spend time with Donald Trump,” Farage wrote on Twitter. “He was relaxed and full of good ideas. I’m confident he will be a good President.”
He called Trump’s support for relations between Washington and London “very strong,” saying he is the man the UK “can do business” with.
Kellyanne Conway, manager of Trump’s election campaign, confirmed the meeting, saying, “I think they enjoy each other’s company, and they actually had a chance to talk about freedom and winning and what this all means for the world.”
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