Nigel Farage, the original British bad boy of Brexit, is buzzing. His new political party came in atop Britain’s European elections last month, and a week before we met, he was afforded an audience with President Trump.

The meeting was shoehorned into the president’s packed schedule during his three-day state visit to the United Kingdom. The pair bonded during the 2016 election when Farage stumped for the Republican candidate, two unlikely riders of a populist wave.

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