{"id":118546,"date":"2026-09-06T07:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T07:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/118546\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T07:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T07:58:17","slug":"nigel-farage-wants-to-be-a-global-statesman-first-he-needs-distance-from-trump-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/118546\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Farage wants to be a global statesman. First he needs distance from Trump.\u00a0 \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump was unpopular in many European countries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/politico-poll-international-populism-donald-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">even before<\/a> Iran. The fallout from that conflict, including the impact on fuel prices, has only deepened the animosity that many European voters feel toward the U.S. president.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Luke Tryl, from the More in Common think tank, presented new research at the Reform conference showing how a key group of British swing voters are skeptical of Trump and \u201cworry about the turbulence on the world stage.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a core of Reform voters for whom there is a Trump problem,\u201d Tryl told a meeting on the fringes of the conference. This group of voters, whom he calls \u201crooted patriots,\u201d want to tackle immigration but are worried about the chaotic scenes involving officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the U.S., Tryl added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[They are] the absolutely crucial group when it comes to Reform. This is the swing group that has decided elections for the past 20 years,\u201d he said. \u201cThey are patriotic, socially conservative, actually a bit more economically left-leaning as well.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tryl said Reform may need \u201ca distancing exercise\u201d from some of Trump\u2019s policies to reassure these voters. \u201cIran really further damaged Trump, and in fact the angriest I\u2019ve seen a group of Reform voters was over the Oval Office treatment of [Ukraine President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy,\u201d Tryl told POLITICO, referring to the infamous on-camera dressing-down the wartime leader took from Trump and Vance in February 2025.<\/p>\n<p>There are signs that Farage gets the point.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Reform\u2019s themes chime with MAGA priorities, there were few explicit displays of affinity between the British and American populist right on show at the gathering in Birmingham. On Friday, Farage didn\u2019t mention Trump \u2014the man he used to proudly call his \u201cfriend\u201d \u2014 during his speech at all.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he turned to his ally from France for political assistance. \u201cHold it for me,\u201d Farage told Bardella on stage as they took turns signing the theatrically large printout of their migration deal. \u201cIt\u2019s quite heavy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trump was unpopular in many European countries even before Iran. 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