▶ British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson dismisses U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's unprecedented expression of support for Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage to be made British ambassador to Washington. LONDON — Donald Trump has a plan for making the vaunted relationship between Britain and the U.S. even more special: Make the impish acting leader of the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage, British ambassador in Washington. But the Farage farrago suggests that Trump and the British prime minister aren’t off to a warm start, and that, in the Trump era, Farage will be a force to be reckoned with. Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, welcomes pro-Brexit British politician Nigel Farage, to speak at a campaign rally in this Aug. 24 file photo. Trump has suggested that Farage become Britain's ambassador to the United States.
Source: thestar November 22, 2016 15:27 UTC