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| Nigel Farage has become the first British politician to meet Donald Trump since he became US president-elect, UKIP has said. | Nigel Farage has become the first British politician to meet Donald Trump since he became US president-elect, UKIP has said. |
| A party spokesman said the interim UKIP leader discussed "freedom and winning" with Mr Trump on a visit to Trump Tower in New York. | A party spokesman said the interim UKIP leader discussed "freedom and winning" with Mr Trump on a visit to Trump Tower in New York. |
| UKIP sources say this had "made the prime minister look very foolish". | UKIP sources say this had "made the prime minister look very foolish". |
| The meeting came after Mr Farage warned Theresa May on US media that she needed to "mend fences" with Mr Trump. | The meeting came after Mr Farage warned Theresa May on US media that she needed to "mend fences" with Mr Trump. |
| Mr Farage told Fox News: "I think he has got to meet her. Mrs May's team have been quite rude about Trump, so there are some fences to be mended. | Mr Farage told Fox News: "I think he has got to meet her. Mrs May's team have been quite rude about Trump, so there are some fences to be mended. |
| "Trump is an Anglophile, he understands and recognises what our two great nations have done together between us. | "Trump is an Anglophile, he understands and recognises what our two great nations have done together between us. |
| "And, thank goodness, we are coming towards the end of an American president who loathed Britain. | "And, thank goodness, we are coming towards the end of an American president who loathed Britain. |
| "One of the things we can do, we can have between us a sensible trade relationship, cut tariffs, we are massive investors in each other's countries. There's a bright future." | "One of the things we can do, we can have between us a sensible trade relationship, cut tariffs, we are massive investors in each other's countries. There's a bright future." |
| When asked ahead of the meeting if Mr Trump had invited him, Mr Farage told reporters: "We're just tourists." | |
| Downing Street said Mr Farage had "no role" in the government's relationship with the incoming US administration. | |
| Mrs May plans to visit Mr Trump in the first three months of next year after his inauguration. | |
| BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said there were real political dangers for Mrs May. | |
| She would not welcome UKIP basking in the reflective glory of a Trump victory, he said, because they could present themselves as the voice of the forgotten voters. |