Nigel Farage will attend a fundraiser for Donald Trump in London tonight hosted by Holly Valance, as the battle for the US presidency takes aim at the British elite.
UK reform leader Farage will take a break from the election campaign to attend the event, which is expected to take place at a private residence in Chelsea or Knightsbridge.
They will be joined by around 100 guests, including several American Republicans, some of whom were part of the Trump White House between 2017 and 2021.
The fundraiser, which has already raised $2m (£1.57m) in donations, is billed as a reception and dinner with the former president’s son, Donald Trump Jr, and his fiancee, Kimberly Guilfoyle, a lawyer and former presenter. from Fox News. .
While Trump is busy with the presidential election campaign across the pond, The Guardian reports that he could make a virtual appearance or send a recorded video message similar to the one played at Farage’s 60th birthday in April.
Holly Valance and her husband Nick Candy are pictured with Donald Trump and Nigel Farage at Mar-a-Lago in 2022.
Neighbors star Holly Valance (pictured supporting Farage earlier this month) will host tonight’s Trump fundraiser in London.
Nigel Farage pictured at a Donald Trump campaign rally at the Mississippi Coliseum on August 24, 2016.
The fundraiser invitations list a variety of categories in which guests can donate, such as ‘host committee’ ($100,000 per couple) and dinner ($50,000). Just to attend costs $10,000, while a photo opportunity costs $25,000.
Trump Jr. is looking to target wealthy Americans in London for campaign donations as they try to close a huge funding gap opened by Biden in the race for the White House.
It comes after his father became the first former president in US history to be tried and criminally convicted last month when he was found to have falsified money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.
‘After my father’s false conviction, we have seen an explosion in financial support from American citizens around the world, who reject Joe Biden’s attempt to use the courts to interfere in the presidential election.
“I’m excited to see my friends in London who are ready to make America great again this November,” Trump Jr. said in a statement.
The Financial Times reports that Biden’s campaign will hold a rival fundraiser in London on the same day, hosted by British-born American Vogue editor Anna Wintour.
Wintour, who also endorsed Biden during his 2020 campaign, hosted another fundraiser for the US president during Paris Fashion Week in March.
Neighbors star Valance, who last week claimed he convinced Farage to run as an MP in July’s general election, qualifies to donate to Trump as a US green card holder.
The 41-year-old and her husband, billionaire real estate magnate Nick Candy, have been publicly associated with Trump and Farage since at least April 2022, when the now-reform leader shared a photo of the group after a dinner at Mar-a- Trump Lake. complex in Palm Beach.
Donald Trump Jr. leaves Trump Tower on May 29, 2024 in New York City
Donald Trump is busy on the presidential campaign trail, but may make a virtual appearance
The former actress and pop star said she spoke to Farage after he initially decided not to run, before announcing he would run in Clacton, Essex.
Valance said he had been “whispering in (Farage’s) ear for a long time, saying, ‘Come on, stick your finger out, give the people what they want.'”
There were also rumors that Valance herself would run as a Reform candidate and, before that, as a Conservative candidate in the London mayoral election.
Other hosts at Trump’s fundraiser tonight include New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, who was Trump’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, George Glass, his ambassador to Portugal, and Duke Buchan, his ambassador to Spain .
Richard Grenell, former acting director of US national intelligence and US ambassador to Germany, will also attend, as will Scott Bessent, who has been touted as a possible Treasury secretary.