Farage, who helped secure victory for the Brexit campaign at a referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union in June, is keen to cement ties with Trump after stepping down as leader of his anti-EU UK Independence Party last year.
Finding common ground with some of Trump’s criticism of the political establishment, Farage met the president in November and has offered his services as Britain’s ambassador to the United States — something that has been rejected by May’s government.
Entitled “Dinner with The Donald”, Farage posted a picture of himself smiling at a camera, with Trump and four other people around a table in a photo which gave the location as the Trump International Hotel.
May also wants to bolster ties with the United States to strengthen her hand before launching divorce talks with the European Union, and at a visit in January, she secured a promise from Trump for a trade deal after Brexit.
She sent her two most senior aides to the United States in December and foreign minister Boris Johnson a month later to boost ties after the US leader irritated officials by suggesting Farage was a good choice for ambassador.
Farage has since become a political analyst on Fox News and Fox Business Network and has a show on a London-based radio station.
Farage was in the United States to address the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) where he spoke of the “global revolution” that started with Brexit.
Referring to the “Brexit mania” he had seen in the US he said: “I’m proud to be part of that campaign, I really am.”
He told the crowd the UK’s “real friends” speak English, in a comment seemingly aimed at the European Union.
In the picture, posted on Farage’s twitter feed, he appears to be dining with the US president, his daughter Ivanka, his son-in-law Jared Kushner and Govenor Rick Scott. It is not the first time Farage has been pictured in the company of the US president.
In November he caused a stir when he was pictured meeting Trump at Trump Tower in New York City, making him the first British politician to meet the newly elected president. Following the meeting Trump shocked Westminster with a late-night tweet declaring that Mr Farage would do a “great job” as Britain’s ambassador to the US and that “many people” wanted to see him as the UK’s senior diplomat in Washington.
