This 2016 Nigel Farage soundbite about presidential interference hasn’t aged well
Back in 2016, before that vote had happened, and when Project Fear was a sneer from Leave campaigners rather than what they swear they were voting for all along, President Obama saw fit to counsel against Brexit, warning that a trade deal would be difficult to achieve. As the face of Brexit, Nigel Farage was head-bobbingly furious.
Nigel Farage says the American President getting involved in UK politics is a "monstrous interference".
Oh, but that was in 2016. pic.twitter.com/0I4oQ3g6fG
— Saul Staniforth #VoteLabour (@SaulStaniforth) October 31, 2019
On Thursday evening, however, as the deadline for delivering Brexit, as vowed by Boris Johnson, slipped away, Farage’s LBC show aired a call from Donald Trump in which he roundly endorsed Boris Johnson and warned that Jeremy Corbyn would take the country in “such a bad way”.
President @realDonaldTrump told @Nigel_Farage, Corbyn "would be so bad for your country, he'd take you into such bad places" #TrumpOnLBC | @jeremycorbyn | https://t.co/i5cTiAJjDq
— LBC (@LBC) October 31, 2019
You’ll have noticed that the outraged speech against foreign interference had been superseded by mute, fawning agreement. The anomaly did not go unnoticed.
Nigel Farage on when it is and isn't ok for foreign leaders to interfere in UK politics. pic.twitter.com/PgdwNJvLMT
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) October 31, 2019
Looking forward to Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage calling out a foreign power for interfering in an election
— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) October 31, 2019
Farage flipped his shit when Obama endorsed remain. He's going to be fucking livid when he finds out what Trump said on the phone to himself on his show. https://t.co/cWMkqXlPbX
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) October 31, 2019
Not everybody saw Trump’s interference as the favour to Boris Johnson that Trump and Farage might have expected.
Congenital liar Donald Trump endorsing serial liar Boris Johnson is great news for Jeremy Corbyn, fuelling fears the Tories would sell the NHS to the US and lower food standards. Trump's unpopular in the UK – @YouGov found a 67%-19% negative rating https://t.co/eqhCZOmoXJ
— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) October 31, 2019
I'm not a huge fan of Corbyn, but if you put any trust in Johnson, Farage and Trump then you deserve all the misery that they will bring to you.
— RChappo (@RichChappo) October 31, 2019
Trump attacks Corbyn on Nigel Farage’s propaganda slot?
Short of an endorsement from Beyoncé herself, Labour really couldn’t have hoped for better. pic.twitter.com/hEYnB401xN
— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) October 31, 2019
The interview could have been very different, had it taken place on another of LBC’s shows …
Can’t believe Farage answered the phone when Trump called in for our interview.
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) October 31, 2019
Mark Francois might actually have exploded over that one.
Source: LBC, Twitter Image: LBC, Guardian via YouTube, Twitter screengrab
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