Farage claims Trump-Zelensky bust-up has made peace closer
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said US President Donald Trump has a ‘wholly unconventional’ approach to politics.
Donald Trump’s Oval Office bust-up with Volodymyr Zelensky could force the Ukrainian leader to “wake up and smell the coffee”, making a peace deal more likely, Nigel Farage has claimed.
The Reform UK leader, an ally of the US president, said he could not defend the scenes during the White House row between Mr Zelensky, Mr Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
But he said Ukrainian president Mr Zelensky “played it very badly” and “I wouldn’t expect a guest to be rude to me in my own house”.
“Yeah, sure, Vance and Trump bit back. But I think, in diplomatic terms, I think Zelensky played it very badly.”
He said “I’m not defending what they did”, but added that Mr Trump’s approach to diplomacy is “wholly unconventional”.
“But, you know what, with these negotiations, he’s always two or three moves ahead of everybody else, and that’s why to comment constantly on the latest thing Trump has said or done is ludicrous,” Mr Farage said.
“The old saying about taking him seriously, but not literally, is true.”
Mr Farage also took a swipe at Mr Zelensky’s decision to wear his usual military-style clothing at the White House.
“If I turned up at the White House, I’d make sure I was wearing a suit and my shoes were cleaned,” he said.
