United Kingdom government denies reports of U.S. envoy role for Farage

Trump and May spoke by phone on Thursday afternoon, but not before the victor of the United States presidential election had talked to 10 other world leaders.

The Daily Telegraph understands that ministers will be forced to seek the interim Ukip leader’s advice because they have no links to the president-elect’s inner circle.

While some reports have said he hopes to see Trump, for whom he was a warm-up speaker at one campaign event, Farage said he has no plans for the two to meet.

An overwhelming majority, 66%, believe Mr Trump will make the world a more unsafe place, with just 10% saying he will make things safer.

There is also concern in government that relations have been damaged by rows that took place before the election.

Mr Trump’s spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway confirmed that the meeting had been a success and the pair had spoken about Brexit and “winning”.

Theresa May criticised Trump’s rhetoric during the election, but has since spoken to him, and was invited to Washington D.C for talks as soon as possible.

Trump frequently linked his campaign to Brexit, referring to his victory as “Brexit-plus”.

Farage said Trump’s support for the relationship between Britain and the United States was very strong.

Speaking to TalkRadio in a sometimes raucous late-evening call on Wednesday, Mr Farage was asked if he had “a lot to answer for” over Mr Trump’s victory. While only time will tell how “special” the relationship between Britain and Trump’s America will be, what’s certain is that May can not be described as being at the “back of the queue”.

British critics of Farage and Trump were unimpressed with the meeting.

His comments come after No 10 branded Mr Farage “irrelevant” and dismissed claims he would act as go-between to the president-elect and worldwide trade secretary Liam Fox.

The far-right British politician who helped Donald Trump campaign for the USA presidency has called Barack Obama a “loathsome creature”.

Mr Farage – who is due to meet with Mr Trump in NY on Saturday – told The Daily Telegraph he would be delighted to help his country forge new links with President-elect Trump.