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UKIP chief Nigel Farage eyes job in Donald Trump White House
Read more/full article here: https://www.rt.com/uk/365827-farage-...ump-president/Russia Today 08/11/16
Brexiteer-in-chief Nigel Farage wants a top job in the White House if Republican candidate Donald Trump is elected US president.
The interim UKIP leader has been working as a consultant to the Trump campaign over the last few months, and even delivered speeches in the United States supporting the billionaire entrepreneur.
“This election is very simple: it’s rather like Brexit. Do you want a change, or do you want to stay exactly as you are? That’s what it’s all about,” he told ITV’s The Agenda program.
“If he did offer me a job I would quite like to be his ambassador to the European Union. I think I would do that job very well.”
Farage was, however, less forthright when asked whether he had already discussed any possible positions in the Trump administration with The Donald himself.
Trump has described his potential electoral win as “Brexit plus plus plus.”
Nigel Farage hoping to meet Donald Trump on Saturday
Source: http://news.sky.com/story/nigel-fara...urday-1065100309/11/16
By Robert Nisbet, Senior Political Correspondent
Nigel Farage is hoping to meet the President-elect in New York on Saturday, according to Sky sources.
Mr Farage will travel to New York at the weekend after giving speeches in Barcelona and Florida.
The two men formed a close friendship during the US election campaign.
Mr Farage was invited to attend a Trump rally in Jackson, Mississippi on 25 August by the state's governor, Phil Bryant.
Expecting to be a spectator, Mr Farage was instead invited by the then Presidential candidate to be an active participant.
Mr Trump introduced him to the stage saying: "On June 23, the people of Britain voted to declare their independence - which is what we're also looking to do, folks - from their international government."
While UKIP's leader refused to expressly endorse Mr Trump, he said: "I could not possibly tell you how to vote in this election, but, you know, I get it."
"If I was an American citizen, I wouldn't vote for Hillary Clinton if you paid me. In fact, I wouldn't vote for Hillary Clinton if she paid me," he said to cheers.
Mr Farage and Mr Trump then laughed and joked backstage, with the American saying the UKIP leader had "done an amazing thing".
Throughout the campaign the Republican candidate kept referring to Brexit as a source of inspiration.
Sources have told Sky News that the Mississippi governor has become the conduit for Mr Farage and UKIP's millionaire backer Arron Banks.
Mr Farage has said that he would consider a role in Donald Trump's administration.
"He will be in need of a proper Eurosceptic ambassador in Brussels for the European Union,' he told LBC radio.
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