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The former Ukip leader blasted Eurocrats while speaking on Fox News following a heated clash in the European Parliament on Wednesday after he defended the US Presidents travel ban.

He said the ban, which sees citizens from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen temporarily barred along with all refugees, was being used as an excuse to attack President Trump.

The real reason isnt that, said Mr Farage. The real reason is this new American administration does not respect supranational organisations like the European Union.

It believes in nation states and these guys here [in Europe] they were scared after Brexit, theyre now terrified by Trump.

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This new American administration does not respect supranational organisations like the European Union

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The MEP claimed the European Union was scared the US could now freeze them out of trade deals and trigger the end for the bloc.

He said: What theyre terrified of is this that this incredible structure that has been built up here in Brussels I mean its been one of the best-paid jobs, one of the best pension provisions for tens of thousands of people the world has ever seen.

And what they know is, not just with Brexit but every country in Europe, the populations are saying what on earth is this all about, why dont we run our countries and make our own laws.

And there have been some hints coming out from the Trump administration that they would like to do trade deals and business with countries bilaterally, bypassing the bureaucrats or the European Union so they fear that Trump effectively will freeze them out.

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US President Donald J. Trump attends a meeting on cyber security, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, in Washington, DC, USA, 31 January 2017

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The comments come after EU leaders condemned Mr Trumps travel ban from Muslim countries.

The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, is among those who have aired concerns.

In a letter, issued ahead of an EU summit in Malta, he said: "We cannot surrender to those who want to weaken or invalidate the Transatlantic bond, without which global order and peace cannot survive.

We should remind our American friends of their own motto: United we stand, divided we fall."

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