Defence secretary dismisses suggestion Farage could help government with TrumpSource: Good Morning Britain, ITV
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00:00To continue Susannah's question, we know that Trump practices the politics of the personal,
00:05and if he has a very close and respectful relationship with one of our MPs here,
00:10who's offering his service as ambassador, whatever you think about Farage's politics,
00:14might he not be the bridge that unifies the two countries?
00:19I'd say again, the important relationship which has already been started and established is
00:26between Keir Starmer and President-elect Trump. That's the one that matters between the two
00:31elected governments, and we will work to deepen that relationship. The UK has always been the US's
00:39closest security ally, and that will continue. Okay, so what you seem to be saying to Nigel
00:44Farage is thanks, but no thanks. Yes, the important relationship is between
00:52the two elected governments, the two elected leaders, and people like me as Defence Secretary,
00:58working closely with my US counterpart, just as I have done with Lloyd Austin.