By Tim Stickings For Mailonline
Published: 01:12 GMT, 12 March 2019 | Updated: 01:13 GMT, 12 March 2019
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Nigel Farage reportedly urged U.S. President Donald Trump to support a no-deal Brexit when they met face-to-face in Washington earlier this month.
The former UKIP leader, who campaigned for then-candidate Trump in 2016, met the Republican President at the Conservative Political Action Conference on March 2.
A photograph of the meeting shows both men smiling to the camera with their thumbs raised.
Mr Farage likened Brexit to Mr Trump's negotiations with North Korea and said it was better to walk away with no deal, the Daily Telegraph reported.
Allies: The White House issued this picture of President Donald Trump (left) with Nigel Farage when they met at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on March 2
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