"Nigel Farage failed to meet with Donald Trump despite flying all the way to Florida to dine at the US president's Mar-a-Lago resort. The Reform UK leader told an audience at a Westminster event on Thursday night that he would be dining at Mar-a-Lago tomorrow night, where he would reinforce the message about Sir Keir Starmer's beleaguered Chagos Islands deal, leading to assumptions that he would be dining with the US president."
"The Financial Times reported that Mr Farage had not even received a formal invitation to meet the American president, having only been invited to Mar-a-Lago by a member of the club. Instead, sources told the Financial Times Mr Farage had hoped to catch Trump for a conversation as the president was due to travel to Mar-a-Lago that day. But Mr Trump ended up staying in Doral, according to the newspaper, leaving Mr Farage more than an hour's drive away."
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, traveled approximately 4,500 miles to Florida with the intention of dining with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago resort. Farage had publicly announced he would meet Trump to discuss the Chagos Islands deal involving Sir Keir Starmer. However, the meeting did not materialize. According to the Financial Times, Farage had not received a formal invitation from Trump himself but was invited by a club member. Farage hoped to encounter Trump casually as the president traveled to the resort, but Trump remained at his Doral property instead, leaving Farage stranded over an hour away with no meeting occurring.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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