Donald Trump with Nigel Farage during a campaign rally in August 2016 | Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images Nigel Farage on Trump: He’s full of ‘good ideas’ US president-elect will be UK’s strong ally despite ‘reservations’ about Theresa May’s government, UKIP leader said.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage became the first foreign politician to hold talks with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump following last week’s election after the pair held talks for an hour in New York on Saturday.

Farage, who campaigned with the Republican candidate in the run up to last week’s vote, said Trump was “a man with whom we can do business” and would be a strong ally of the U.K. despite “reservations” about Theresa May’s government.

According to the UKIP leader, Trump has also agreed to bring back the bust of Winston Churchill removed by Barack Obama in 2008.

“He was relaxed and full of good ideas,” Farage tweeted following the meeting. “I'm confident he will be a good President.”

He told the Telegraph, however, that the U.S. president-elect was aware of criticism from a number of May’s cabinet colleagues in the run up to the vote.

“He said he had a nice conversation, although some of his team had reservations about what members of the cabinet have said during the election. Believe you me, his team are conscious of the comments.”

Earlier, Farage said: “His support for the US-UK relationship is very strong. This is a man with whom we can do business."

"I was especially pleased at his very positive reaction to the idea that Sir Winston Churchill's bust should be put back in the Oval Office."

Farage was full of praise for Trump and his future administration, saying the president-elect "understands and recognizes what our two great nations have done together between us.

"And thank goodness we're coming to the end of an American president who loathed us," Farage said.