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Ukip leader Nigel Farage wants to be Trump ambassador to Brussels

Donald Trump welcomes Nigel Farage to speak at a campaign rally in August
Donald Trump welcomes Nigel Farage to speak at a campaign rally in August Donald Trump welcomes Nigel Farage to speak at a campaign rally in August

Nigel Farage has joked he could be Donald Trump's man in Brussels.

The interim Ukip leader made the tongue-in-cheek suggestion after being asked if there was a role for the outspoken British politician in a Trump administration.

Mr Farage's ties with the American business tycoon are well known. He has been a vocal supporter of several Trump policies and appeared at a rally in the US for the controversial president-elect.

Appearing on LBC radio ahead to the result Mr Farage said: "Is he going to offer me a job? I'm hoping he might do.

"He will be in need of a proper eurosceptic ambassador in Brussels for the European Union. I would rather like that job."

He added, acknowledging the convention that ambassadors are representatives of their own country: "Being a foreigner will not disqualify me. As long as we can bring the EU down, it doesn't matter how we do it."

Mr Trump, whose mother was born in Scotland, has made several references to the EU referendum, telling supporters on the campaign trail: "We're going to do a Brexit."