Nigel Farage reportedly boasted to supporters last week that he would be jetting to Florida to dine at Donald Trump's resort in Palm Beach. The Financial Times reported that Nigel Farage, who had been invited by a member of the Mar-a-Lago club, failed to meet Donald Trump on Friday after Trump changed his travel plans to stay in Doral around an hour's drive away. It is unclear whether Nigel Farage actually dined at Donald Trump's resort as he reportedly boasted, and the exact reason why he failed to meet Trump remains unknown.
Nigel Farage has been quizzed on his apparent failure to secure an audience with Donald Trump despite travelling to Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. At a press conference on Tuesday, Nigel Farage replied to questions about his relationship with Donald Trump by saying, 'Journalists speculate about all sorts of things. I wouldn't want to rob you of a living - so you can go on speculating about my relationship with President Trump.
' He added, 'He's a friend of mine, I agree with many things he does. I don't agree with other things he does. ' The current status of Nigel Farage's relationship with Donald Trump is not specified.
Nigel Farage said he would 'reinforce the message' about his opposition to the UK government's Chagos islands deal after Donald Trump's flip-flopping on the issue. The UK government's Chagos islands deal will see the UK cede sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius and lease back the largest island Diego Garcia, the site of a US-UK military base. Last month, Nigel Farage was accused of a 'cheap stunt' after moaning about being denied entry to the Chagos islands by the British government.
' Whether the British government is actively pressuring the Maldives to prevent Nigel Farage from visiting the Chagos islands is unclear. Nigel Farage dismissed Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey's call for the King's upcoming state visit to the US to be cancelled amid the fall-out from the Middle East conflict, saying, 'Ed Davey's idea that the King should cancel the visit to America is a really immature and stupid idea.