Nigel Farage posted a bizarre conspiracy theory after news emerged that Donald Trump’s Florida home was raided by the FBI.
Yesterday, the former United States President’s home in Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach was “occupied by a large group of FBI agents”Trump made the statement in a statement.
According to reports, the raid was connected with an investigation into Trump’s handling of official papers. The agents broke into a safe at the property.
Trump is facing a number of investigations into his actions during his presidency – it comes as he is believed to be preparing to campaign for reelection in 2024.
Experts suggest an investigation and search warrant of this scale is unprecedented and it has sparked some truly bizarre remarks from Trump’s allies.
Nigel Farage, an ex-right-wing British politician, claimed the raid was evidence of a bizarre conspiracy known simply as the “deep state”This claim claims that there is a secret network of actors in high level government and industry working as a hidden government, which exercises power alongside or within the elected US government.
Farage posted a tweet in response to the news and wrote: “Shocked to wake up and hear about the raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. The deep state truly does exist.”
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One person replied to the bizarre tweet by writing: “Of course by ‘deep state’ @Nigel_Farage is referring to democracy and decency.”
Another thought: “The whole world laughs at you when you post s**t like this Nigel. You lot think you and your mates are above the law. Your time is coming.”
Someone else joked: “Deep state of this.”
Farage was known to be a frequent sucker for Trump and has expressed his admiration on numerous occasions for the controversial figure.
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