Nigel Farage could "pick up the phone" and speak to Donald Trump about relations between the US and UK if he wanted to - but he has to focus on building Reform UK, one of his key allies has said.
Gerry Gunster, the founder and chief executive of Washington-based Gunster Strategies Worldwide, told Chopper's Political Podcast that relations between the pair were strong.
His comments come amid speculation that the relationship might have soured after Farage did not witness Trump's swearing in person last January.
Farage told GB News this week that he had not spoken to Trump since he became President in January as he did not want to cut across formal links between London and Washington.
Gerry Gunster, the founder and chief executive of Washington-based Gunster Strategies Worldwide, told Chopper's Political Podcast that relations between the pair were strong
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However Gunster said: "If Nigel Farage wanted to pick up the phone and get hold of the president of the United States, he would do it.
"Nigel is not one of those guys that is going to do something like that unless it is of the utmost importance, because Nigel has a job to do to build this Reform party.
"And the President of the United States, as you can see, has his job to do.
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"I don't think that the fact that there hasn't been any 'talks with each other' means anything."
Gunster was famously photographed with Trump in front of the famous gold elevator doors in Trump Tower with Farage, Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore shortly after the 2016 Presidential election.
He added: "I will say to that - and you know Nigel as well - Nigel is loyal. Nigel is respectful.
Nigel Farage and Donald Trump are allies Stuart Mitchell/GB News"And that is the one thing that he's got with with Trump. And Trump feels the same way about him.
"And that doesn't mean because they aren't playing golf on a Sunday afternoon that their anything has happened to that relationship."
Listen to the interviews with Jake Richards, Gerry Gunster and Rory Cellan-Jones on Chopper's Political Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or GB News' YouTube channel, or wherever you find your podcasts.
