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Nigel Farage blasts President Donald Trump for 'failing to keep promises'

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Nicol, M. (2026, November 6). Nigel Farage blasts President Donald Trump for 'failing to keep promises'. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16270095/Nigel-Farage-blasts-President-Donald-Trump-failing-promises.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-11-06 · by Mark Nicol

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Nigel Farage criticizes President Donald Trump for breaking campaign promises related to foreign policy, specifically citing the conflict with Iran as detrimental to Republicans in the recent midterm elections. Speaking at a Reform UK event, Farage stated that the ongoing war had contributed to higher fuel prices and was one of the factors leading to Republican losses. He also expressed regret over his earlier support for the conflict and now considers it a mistake.
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Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, criticized Donald Trump for failing to keep promises after the US midterm elections resulted in significant losses for Republicans. The war with Iran, initiated by the US and Israel in February 2026, negatively impacted Republican candidates, leading to Democrats regaining control of Congress. Farage acknowledged his initial support for the conflict but now calls it a "mistake" due to its detrimental effects on oil prices and inflation. He expressed concern that Trump might escalate military actions against Iran despite the electoral setback, potentially exacerbating economic challenges in the Western world.

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🔮 The staggering defeat to the Democratic Party was widely interpreted as a vote against the eight–month conflict with Iran, which President Trump and his allies had previously boasted they could win in days.
🔮 Last night, former SAS CO Lieutenant Colonel Richard Williams said: ‘From the outside this appears to be yet another unnecessary and mishandled military police investigation initiated not because of serious concerns, but merely as a self-serving public relations exercise by London-based and distant headquarters staff, miles from combat. ‘The intervention appears to have been designed to demonstrate an enhanced, but highly performative, degree of ‘transparency and control to a Panorama-triggered Whitehall and in ways that understandably undermine SAS confidence in an increasingly politicised chain of command.
🔮 MPs found critical shortages of Royal Navy warships could allow Russia to plunder the High North for its energy resources and to control shipping routes.
🔮 The Royal Navy is expected to retire eight warships over five years, fuelling fears of fresh gaps in Britain's maritime defences.
🔮 Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said today: 'RAF Typhoon aircraft will conduct defensive counter-air operations over Saudi Arabia, helping to protect Saudi cities, civilian populations and critical national infrastructure from Houthi attack.
🔮 Furious former top brass and MPs also criticised the scheduling, claiming crucial amendments would not be assessed effectively.
🔮 General Sir Roly Walker revealed how the UK responds to threats will be laid out in a ‘frank discussion’ between political leaders and citizens.
🔮 Less spending [will be] part of the new pressures that you will have from different sources.'
🔮 Mr Streeting had earlier announced that a defence investment summit, promised earlier this year as part of the Government’s defence investment plan, would take place on December 1.
🔮 Leading from the front, SAS officer Richard Williams and his assault team 'pepper-potted' uphill across 50 metres of open ground – one taking a knee and providing covering fire for the others to dash forward.
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Pictured is Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, who has criticised Donald Trump for breaking his promise to avoid foreign wars, blaming the conflict with Iran for the Republicans' midterm election defeat Pictured is US President Donald Trump, whose Republican Party suffered heavy losses in the midterm elections amid criticism of his administration's handling of the eight–month conflict with Iran At a Reform UK event in central London on Thursday, he went even further, saying: 'Absolutely it [the war] was a mistake.
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🔮 The staggering defeat to the Democratic Party was widely interpreted as a vote against the eight–month conflict with Iran, which President Trump and his allies had previously boasted they could win in days.

Claims (22 extracted, 2 hedged)

Nigel Farage has scolded his friend Donald Trump for 'failing to keep promises' in his first remarks since the US President suffered a drubbing in this week's midterm elections. asserted
President → scold → elections
The Reform UK leader also branded the US's eight–month conflict with Iran a 'mistake' which had cost the President's Republican party at the polls. asserted
which → brand → polls
Asked on Thursday what the lesson was for President Trump following the seismic defeat, Mr Farage said: 'Yes, keep your promises. asserted
Farage → ask → promises
Trump was very good in his first term and second term at keeping his promises. asserted
Trump → keep → promises
But he broke a promise, and that was no more foreign wars. asserted
that → break → promise
More than anything else that it was did them in. asserted
it → do → them
The key is keeping your promises and, of course, the cost of living is key,' he added. asserted
he → keep → living
In a remarkable turnaround in US politics and after a decade of dominance for President Trump's 'Make America Great Again' movement, his party lost control of both houses of Congress on Tuesday. asserted
party → make → Tuesday
The staggering defeat to the Democratic Party was widely interpreted as a vote against the eight–month conflict with Iran, which President Trump and his allies had previously boasted they could win in days. uncertain
they → interpret → days
Mr Farage had initially supported the conflict, which began at the end of February, saying 'the gloves need to come off,' but he then changed his tune, saying in March the UK should 'not get ourselves involved in another foreign war'. asserted
ourselves → support → war
Pictured is Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, who has criticised Donald Trump for breaking his promise to avoid foreign wars, blaming the conflict with Iran for the Republicans' midterm election defeat Pictured is US President Donald Trump, whose Republican Party suffered heavy losses in the midterm elections amid criticism of his administration's handling of the eight–month conflict with Iran At a Reform UK event in central London on Thursday, he went even further, saying: 'Absolutely it [the war] was a mistake. asserted
it → picture → Thursday
To try to have tactical strikes to try to, maybe not halt, but at least to slow the nuclear weapons programme, I totally agree with that. asserted
I → try → that
'But would I have said to them 'Yeah, come on, let's go to war for the next eight months or three years?' asserted
's → say → months
Trump always said 'I was against Libya, I was against Iraq'. asserted
I → say → Iraq
'It was extraordinary that the man who came from nowhere to twice become the American President and one of the biggest reasons he got there was 'no more foreign wars', so there you are. asserted
you → come → wars
' Mr Farage was speaking at a press conference heralding the appointment of former RAF wing commander Angus MacIntyre as the party's new defence spokesman. asserted
Farage → speak → spokesman
Mr MacIntyre, who resigned from the Armed Forces after 40 years to take up the post, insisted the UK should do more to support Ukraine in its four–year conflict with Russia. asserted
UK → resign → Russia
However, his remarks prompted Mr Farage to repeat his controversial explanation of the causes behind Russia's invasion – a view that has previously led to claims he was being an apologist for Vladimir Putin's actions. uncertain
he → prompt → actions
Mr Farage referenced the opinion of the late US foreign policy adviser Henry Kissinger regarding how NATO should respond to the collapse of the Soviet Union. asserted
NATO → reference → Union
Following the fall of the Berlin Wall, many Eastern European countries that were previously part of the pro–Soviet Warsaw Pact were granted entry to NATO. asserted
that → follow → NATO
Mr Farage said: 'Kissinger felt very strongly that when the [Berlin] wall came down, we should not expand aggressively to the east. asserted
we → say → east
'Kissinger believed it was that, in many ways, that made Putin act aggressively against us.' asserted
Putin → believe → us
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