Brexit leader Farage pushing US-UK trade deal to Trump

British politician and Donald Trump supporter Nigel Farage says he is urging the president-elect to consider a two-way trade deal between the U.S. and the United Kingdom.

“I am unashamedly promoting the idea of completely resetting the U.S.-U.K. relationship. It would be a great thing to do in terms of trade,” he said in a Bloomberg Politics interview Thursday.

{mosads}“I’m trying to make the case that a big, positive signal from a Trump administration that says they want a bilateral trade deal with the United Kingdom, that comes relatively early, would really be very good news.”

Farage said such a pact would reduce the power of globalist organizations like the European Union (EU).

“It says to a bigger, wider world that ‘bloc-ism’ is over, and flexible bilateralism is the way forward,” said Farage, a leader in the U.K.’s successful campaign for Britain to exit the EU in the summer.

“A positive message coming from Trump will strengthen our hand in Europe, because what you’ll start to hear are German car manufacturers and French champagne producers saying to their governments and the EU, ‘Stop being so ridiculous about the United Kingdom. Get on with this [disunion], because other we’re going to find a whole big new world out there.’ Good, good and good.”

Farage told Bloomberg he has begun speaking with lawmakers about a possible trade deal, including Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).

“Senator Rand Paul looks forward to supporting a robust post-EU trade deal with the United Kingdom,” Paul spokesman Sergio Gor said in a statement. “Nigel Farage will be an essential part in implementing a new treaty.”

A top adviser to Trump said the president-elect is open to any ideas Farage has for the incoming administration.

“His ideas will always be listened to seriously in a Trump White House,” said Stephen Bannon, Trump’s senior counselor and chief strategist.

A bilateral trade deal between America and Great Britain would upend current U.S. policies towards the EU and U.K.

President Obama in April warned that the U.K. would go to “the back of the queue” as a U.S. trading partner if it left the EU.

Trump repeatedly linked his presidential campaign to the populism behind the Brexit before his stunning White House win last month.