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Trump Congratulates BFF Nigel Farage on MAGA Election Surge

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The former U.S. president hailed Farage as a man who “truly loves his Country!”

Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump, right, greets United Kingdom Independence Party leader Nigel Farage during a campaign rally at the Mississippi Coliseum on August 24, 2016 in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Former President Donald Trump took the highly unusual step of paying attention to elections overseas on Friday when he shouted out Nigel Farage for finally winning a seat in the British parliament. Farage, a Fox News regular and pro-Trump surrogate, was elected as a Westminster lawmaker on his eighth attempt in the early hours of Friday morning. His MAGA-inspired Reform Party had a great night, marking the first time a populist right-wing party won a bloc of seats in the U.K. “Congratulations to Nigel Farage on his big WIN of a Parliament Seat Amid Reform UK Election Success. Nigel is a man who truly loves his Country!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social site after a bruising night in the U.K. for the ruling Conservative Party who were swept out of power by the left-wing Labour Party with the help of Reform stealing huge chunks of the traditional Conservative vote.

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