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Donald Trump and Nigel Farage have met in New York to discuss "freedom and winning".

The former UKIP leader visited the US President-elect in Trump Tower this afternoon just three days after his controversial election win.

Trump's campaign manager told reporters the pair had met because "they enjoy each another's company" after Farage was spotted at Trump's New York HQ.

Kellyanne Conway told The Guardian : "All these meetings are incredibly productive."

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When asked what they had discussed, she replied: "Freedom and winning. I think they enjoy each another’s company."

It means Farage is the first major British politician to visit Trump since his election win on Wednesday.

Farage has since described Trump as being "relaxed" following his victory, and praised the President-elect for his 'ideas'.

"It was a great honour to spend time with realDonaldTrump. He was relaxed and full of good ideas. I'm confident he will be a good President," he tweeted, along with a picture of the pair sharing a joke inside a gold lift.

He continued: "realDonaldTrump's support for the US-UK relationship is very strong. This is a man with whom we can do business."

And later added: "Especially pleased at realDonaldTrump's very positive reaction to idea that Sir Winston Churchill's bust should be put back in Oval Office."

Farage spoke at a Trump rally on August 24 where the then Republican nominee hailed the Brexit result on June 23.

Meanwhile, British voters have given Donald Trump a massive thumbs down with two thirds saying his presidency will make the world a more dangerous place.

In the first UK-wide poll since Mr Trump’s astonishing victory 53 per cent of Brits believe he is destined to be a bad president.

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Only 15 per cent of those questioned thought the opposite and just one in ten reckon the world will be safer with him leading it.

UKIP voters are most likely to support the new US administration with two in five having confidence in him.

But Mr Trump’s sexist outbursts have put off British women with only one in ten thinking he’ll make a good head of state. That rises to 20 per cent among men.

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The young are most worried about the future with three quarters of the 18-24 age group saying a Trump presidency makes the world more dangerous.

In the exclusive ComRes poll for the Sunday Mirror a quarter of voters welcomed Mr Trump’s election as a disruption of traditional politics.

But with an eye to elections elsewhere six in ten thought Mr Trump’s victory sets a dangerous precedent.

The triumph of such a political outsider has given Jeremy Corbyn’s backers fresh hope that the Labour leader could pull off a similar surprise here.