Donald Trump attacked four congresswomen telling them they should ‘go back’

Nigel Farage has described Donald Trump’s ‘go back’ comments that were aimed at four female politicians of colour as ‘genius.’

The US President’s remarks were widely condemned as racist after he told the four Democrats, known as the Squad, to return to the ‘broken and crime infested places from which they came’.

He refused to apologise despite widespread revulsion and the fact that three out of four were born in the US and all are citizens.

In an interview with the Times, the Brexit Party leader praised Mr Trump’s words as being politically shrewd, despite saying they made him feel uncomfortable.


Nigel Farage of the Brexit Party also said he wanted to enter into general election pacts with the Tory party (Picture: EPA)

He said watching his ally’s ‘pretty brisk style’ was like being a child watching the daleks on Doctor Who while covering their eyes.



Mr Farage added: ‘I thought, “Dear, oh dear, oh dear”.

‘You realise, 48 hours on, it was genius because what’s happened is the Democrats gather round the Squad, which allows him to say, “Oh look, the Squad are the centre of the Democratic Party”.

‘He’s remarkably good at what he does.

‘He does things his way. But he is a remarkably effective operator.’

Donald Trump attacked four Democrat congresswoman, known as the Squad. Left – right, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Picture: AP)

Mr Trump was targeting congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib with the remarks.

They are all US citizens and only Ms Omar, from Somalia, was born outside the nation.

The President criticised the women ‘who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world’.

He suggested ‘why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came’.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn condemned the remarks as ‘racist’ and challenged Boris Johnson to do so too during the Tory leadership contest.

Mr Johnson refused to, but did criticise the remarks as ‘totally unacceptable’.

Donald Trump’s comments were widely seen as racist (Picture: Getty)

In the same newspaper interview, Mr Farage warned he thought there would be a general election in the autumn.

He said Mr Johnson will be forced to do a deal with the Brexit Party because they are splitting the Leave vote.

He suggested the Conservatives abandon places such as Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, and work together to win seats in the Labour heartlands.

He has his eye on Yvette Cooper’s constituency, which voted 69% for Leave although the Labour MP is a strong Remainer.

Mr Farage added: ‘Do I think there’ll be a general election? Yes. Do I think there could be two elections within six months? Quite probably.’

The Tories now only have a working parliamentary majority of one in the House of Commons after they lost the Brecon by-election to the Lib Dems.

The Brexit Party took 31% of the vote in May’s European elections but do not have any sitting MPs.