The British government has stressed President Donald Trump "must not meet" with Brexit architect Nigel Farage when he visits the country later this month.
The Telegraph in London, quoting a source in the British government, said 10 Downing Street and Prime Minister Theresa May have made it clear a meeting between the two men should not happen during Trump's visit July 13.
Trump, however, calls Farage, a Fox News contributor, the "man behind Brexit" and supports him. Farage told Fox he will not comment on conversations he has had with the White House, but said the Telegraph's report was "utterly consistent" with other actions his country's government has taken in the past.
Trump has embraced Farage, who also is a Fox News contributor, and called him "the man behind Brexit" during the 2016 campaign.
"The one thing they do not want me doing is having a photograph with the U.S. president when he's in London with both of us saying ‘Brexit is a great idea, why doesn't the government just get on with it?'" Farage told Fox News.
A Downing Street spokesman, though, told Fox News the government is "not even aware" a meeting had been requested and denied trying to stop a meeting from happening.
Farage, after the Brexit vote, has caused issues with the British government by accusing it of taking too long to implement Brexit. He also accused the Conservative Party of having a "pathological hatred of me."
"They see me as being the reason they had to offer a referendum, they see me as being one of the major reasons they lost the referendum and now they have to implement something they don't believe in," he told Fox News on Friday night. "They hate it, and they'll never forgive me until the day I die."
Farage also told Fox News the government is nervous about what Trump will say the reported red line from the British government reflects not just a nervousness about Farage, but also about Trump.
"I think they're nervous about what Trump is going to say about NATO, about Brexit," he said. "I think they're very nervous indeed."
May has faced calls to cancel Trump's visit altogether following his zero-tolerance policy that has separated families at the nation's southern border, and she has called the images of children being held in "what appears to be cages."
"We have a special and long standing relationship with the United States, and I think it is right – there will be a range of issues I will be discussing with President Trump . . . and I think it's important that we make sure that when we see the president of the United States here in the United Kingdom, we're able to have those discussions," May said.
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