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Gregor Young

Nigel Farage: Donald Trump should go to Scotland if he loses election

DONALD Trump should go to Scotland and play golf if he loses the US election, Nigel Farage has said.

The Reform leader, who is a keen supporter of the former president and 2024 Republican candidate, suggested Trump should head over to Turnberry if the results don't go his way.

Farage has been criticised for the amount of time he has spent campaigning for Trump in the US in recent months, given he was recently elected as an MP for Clacton.

Speaking after attending Trump's rally in the key swing state of Pennsylvania on Monday, Farage was asked about the prospect of a Harris win.

“If she gets in on Tuesday I hope she pardons him," he told journalists. "She could look magnanimous and it would dampen down potential tensions."

He went on: “If it was clear and decisive then maybe it’s time to go and play golf at Turnberry. 

“It’s all hypothetical and I still think he is going to win.”

Trump during a visit to TurnberryTrump during a visit to Turnberry (Image: PA) Trump owns golf courses in Aberdeenshire and South Ayrshire, and says he will be opening a new one in 2025. 

Farage also spoke of his hopes for Twitter/X owner Elon Musk to come in to a Trump administration and make huge cuts.

“This is the sexy bit: Elon comes in and takes a knife to the deep state," he said. "Just like when he bought Twitter he sacked 80% of the staff. 

“There are going to be mass layoffs, whole departments closing and I’m hoping and praying that’s the blueprint for what we then do on our side of the pond.

“Because that’s what Reform UK believes in – that we’re overbureaucratised and none of it works. This assault on the bureaucratic state is the thing that’s really exciting.”

Millions of Americans are currently heading to the polls after Kamala Harris and Donald Trump ended this year’s presidential race with a fierce battle for Pennsylvania on Monday.

Elsewhere, Farage said Reform UK has seen a boost in membership since Kemi Badenoch was picked as Conservative Party leader.

He told LBC: “Seeing it already. Seeing it already. We’ve gone through 95,000 members this morning. So we’ve gone up 1500 in the last three or four days.

“And these are Conservatives who are hanging on to see whether the party could change direction. For us as a party, it’s very good news.”

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