Farage criticizes Trump’s ‘broken promise’ on foreign wars after midterms kicking

LONDON — Nigel Farage blamed Donald Trump’s midterms catastrophe on broken anti-foreign intervention promises Thursday, branding his decision to launch a war with Iran as “bizarre.” The U.S. president’s right-wing ally in Britain echoed other high-profile conservative figures in lamenting the price-spiking conflict and warned against a fresh campaign of attacks in the Middle East. Farage has long considered Trump a personal friend, but has come under pressure to distance himself from the U.S.

president, who is deeply unpopular in the U.K. The Reform leader has been more critical against a backdrop of global economic woes triggered by the war waged against Tehran by America and Israel. Farage, leader of the insurgent right-wing Reform UK party, told reporters after a defense speech in London that he wouldn’t have supported a drawn-out conflict with Iran.

He said it was “bizarre” that Trump, of all people, took such action, considering he took power on a pledge to avoid endless foreign wars.