Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump welcomes Nigel Farage, left, ex-leader of the British UKIP party, to speak at a campaign rally in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016.
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While not formally endorsing the orange-tinted Republican, Farage told the raging crowd of 15,000 he “wouldn’t vote for Hillary Clinton if you paid me”.
“I am for make America great again, I am for having borders”.
He accused Hillary Clinton of supporting policies to help illegal immigrants while ignoring US citizens and embracing globalism.
“I can not possibly tell you how to vote in this election”, Farage said.
Mr Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party, confirmed his plans to step down after securing a Brexit vote in June’s referendum.
He urged people to defeat pollsters, the media and the Washington establishment.
“I think that you have a fantastic opportunity here with this campaign”, Farage said.
“You can beat Washington”, said Farage.
“Anything is possible if enough decent people want to fight the establishment”, he said.
Ukip leader Nigel Farage joined US presidential candidate Donald Trump in MS, in front of a crowd of thousands. “They voted to reclaim control over immigration, over their economy, over the government”, Trump said.
No one has delighted in the similarities between the pair’s divisive, crusade-laden rhetoric to re-assert sovereignty and return their countries to greatness than Farage and Trump.
Earlier, on a visit to Florida, Trump said polls showed him trailing the state. One of them even went on to say that his knowledge of Farage was limited to the fact that he was British.
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) Donald Trump is linking his “movement to take back the country” to Britain’s surprising vote to leave the European Union.
Mr Farage also hit out at Barack Obama for intervening in the European Union referendum by urging people to vote to remain.
Farage is thought to be the first British politician to address a Republican presidential election rally.
‘You know I get it.
Trump’s campaign has said he plans to modify his immigration proposals in which he had promised to bar Muslims from coming to the US, while deporting millions of others who entered the country illegally.
In a tweet last week, Trump said: “They will soon be calling me Mr Brexit”, BBC reported.
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But for all intents and purposes, what Farage said next might as well have amounted to full-throated support of the billionaire businessman’s candidacy.
