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Trump brands Hillary Clinton ‘a bigot’, as Brexit champion Nigel Farage joins him on campaign trail

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Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump, right, greets former UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage during a campaign rally in Jackson, Mississippi, on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
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Donald Trump has assailed rival Hillary Clinton as “a bigot”, as he appeared in Mississippi with British Brexit champion Nigel Farage, who declared that if he were a US citizen, he “wouldn’t vote for Hillary Clinton if you paid me.”

Farage on Wednesday night urged Trump’s supporters in Jackson to get out and vote “against the establishment,” and spoke of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union as a positive example.

“They told us that our economy would fall off a cliff... and David Cameron - then our prime minister, but no longer - told us we might even get World War Three,” the former UK Independence Party leader said. ”We saw the polling industry do everything they could to demoralise our campaign. On the day of the election itself, they put us 10 points behind. But actually, they were all wrong.”

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Introducing Farage, Trump likened Brexit to the upcoming presidential vote in the US.
Former UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage speaks to the media after a campaign rally for Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump a in Jackson, Mississippi. Photo: AFP
Former UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage speaks to the media after a campaign rally for Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump a in Jackson, Mississippi. Photo: AFP

“On June 23, the people of Britain voted to declare their independence - which is what we’re looking to do also, folks - from their international government, which hasn’t worked,” Trump said. “They voted to break away from rules, by large corporations and media executives who believe in a world without borders. They voted to reclaim control over immigration, the economy and over their government. Working people and the great people of the UK took control of their destiny.”

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The Republican presidential nominee drew loud cheers from when he declared that Democrats have taken minorities’ support for granted.

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