‘We are still winning!’ Farage’s high praise for Trump after State of the Union speech

Mr Trump’s speech was viewed as a pitch for a second term in office, with the next presidential election taking place in November. He said this was a “great American comeback”, despite being booed by several Democrats. And the speech was overshadowed by Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has been one of the key figures pushing impeachment proceedings against the president.

He refused to shake hands with her when he arrived in Washington last night.

This resulted in Ms Pelosi ripping up a copy of Mr Tump’s speech.

Mr Farage, who attended the address, blasted Ms Pelosi by tweeting: “She has demeaned her office.”

But, he had positive words for the president as he said the Democrats looked “disconsolate”.

Mr Farage tweeted: “Great speech from POTUS, his party united and the Dems looking disconsolate.

“Looks like we are still winning to me.”

As well as attending the address, the Brexit Party leader was also reportedly the guest of honour at a “Toast to Nigel Farage” luncheon.

This was hosted by Mr Trump’s former strategy guru Steve Bannon at his Washington residence.

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Meanwhile, Republican senator, Mitt Romney, broke with his party on Wednesday and announced he would vote to convict Mr Trump in his impeachment trial.

This came just hours before the US Senate was poised to acquit the Republican president.

The Republican-controlled Senate was scheduled to hold its historic vote at 4pm EST (9pm GMT) on whether to convict Mr Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress following his dealings with Ukraine.

The Democratic-led House of Representatives approved the charges on December 18.

Mr Romney called the president’s actions in pressuring Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden “grievously wrong” and said Trump was “guilty of an appalling abuse of public trust.”

Mr Romney said on the Senate floor: “What he did was not ‘perfect’.

“No, it was a flagrant assault on our electoral rights, our national security and our fundamental values.

“Corrupting an election to keep one’s self in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one’s oath of office that I can imagine.”

source: express.co.uk