Donald Trump and Nigel Farage discussed the merits of a no deal Brexit during a face-to-face meeting earlier this month, The Telegraph can reveal.

The US president was urged to support walking away from the table if a bad agreement is on offer - just like he had done during North Korea talks in Vietnam.

The conversation took place at the Conservative Political Action Conference [Cpac] in Washington DC, a gathering of right-leaning politicians where both men gave speeches.

Mr Trump has been critical of Theresa May’s Brexit deal, warning it will limit the scope of a US-UK free trade deal, but has not gone as far as to publicly call on Britain to leave the European Union without an agreement.

If the US president were to announce support for a no deal Brexit it would be politically damaging for Mrs May, who is struggling to convince Brexiteers in her own party to vote for her proposals.