Nigel Farage has revealed he checked in on Donald Trump over the phone after the former US President suffered a second assassination attempt.
Speaking on GB News Nigel Farage said: “It is bad enough being shot at and hit at a public rally, but for Donald Trump, his two really safe spaces are Mar a Lago and the golf club that is just down the road. And that’s where he spends his time surrounded by his family, by his friends and where he relaxes and enjoys himself.
“But of course, he was on the fifth and heading for a birdie, according to him, when rifle shots rang out because somebody, who for 12 hours had waited in the bushes, was about 400 yards away on the sixth hole.
“And if the Secret Service had not spotted the guy with a rifle, Donald Trump would not be alive today.
“I must admit, I don’t bother him much, but I picked up the phone last night and spoke to him. He answered the phone first ring.
“I just wanted to find out how he was. He was putting a strong, brave face on it, and keen to talk about what was happening in Britain, etc.
“So I’m pleased that I did that. But hey, this has to have a really, very, very tough effect on him and for the next 50 days of this campaign, and probably for the rest of his life.
“I’m pleased to say that somebody rather more important than he picked up the phone yesterday, Joe Biden. And you may say, not before time.
“But Biden is now going to afford both Trump and Harris the same level of secret service coverage the President of the USA has.
“Frankly, it should have been like this from the very start, and if that had been the case, the perimeters of the golf course would have been searched before they went out and played.
“But it does come down to rhetoric. Trump says it’s the rhetoric that has caused this.
“And Biden said it’s time to put Trump in the bull’s eye. Other elected people from the Democratic Party have said he has to be eliminated.
“Now, look, there can be bad things said on both sides of the political debate. I’m not pretending it’s all one way. But you do get the feeling sometimes, at least I do that what is said about Trump does engender a certain kind of hatred.”
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