Farage says there is potential for rift between Trump and Vance following midterm results

Nigel Farage has said there is “potential” for a big rift between President Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

Speaking on GB News, he said: “Over the years, I’ve made many big calls, many big predictions, and I’ve got some right against the grain, against the consensus.

“But last night, all right, I was being a bit provocative, given that the consensus was it’d be an absolute rub out for the Republicans. But I did say last night I thought they’d surprise you.

“I thought the half a billion that Musk had put into the get out the vote campaign would make the Republicans not do anything like as badly as they did. But it was a complete and utter rout.

“And it turns out many of the young men, those who follow all sorts of right-wing influencers who voted for Trump in 2024, actually voted Democrat yesterday. It was a punishment beating, very much I think, because of the war, the extended war in Iran, and the cost of fuel.

“Now this is the House in front of you. At the minute, two to eight Democrats elected, 139 Republicans. There are still 68 results to come in, many of them from rural Republican areas, but 218 was the magic number. So clearly, comfortably, the Democrats have the House.

“The real shock, I think, is the Senate and the Senate results: 54 plays 44 with two left to come. Likely to be 55 to 45. That one is a real shocker and I have to say, the Democrats have elected some people of pretty hard left views.

“Now, the big shock this afternoon is the Vice President JD Vance saying:

‘The reason we lost is the war. The President himself said so last night. If you’d like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next six years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that’s at least honest. But everyone knows why we lost, and any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.’

“Well, it’s well known that Vance was very, very skeptical about this war from the very beginning. So there’s the potential there of a real rift developing between the president and the vice president.”