Farage Refuses To Criticise Trump Over Paracetamol Despite Health Experts Dismissing Autism Claims

Nigel Farage has refused to criticise Donald Trump’s claims that paracetamol, sold successful nan US arsenic Tylenol, could origin autism, insisting “science is ne'er settled” and he would ne'er “side with” aesculapian experts.

The Reform UK leader said he had “no idea” if nan US president was correct to show pregnant women to debar taking acetaminophen, besides known arsenic Tylenol and paracetamol, and suggesting that those who could not “tough it out” should limit their intake.

Scientists and world wellness agencies including nan World Health Organization person powerfully dismissed Trump’s mendacious claims, calling them misguided and saying nan grounds linking paracetamol usage successful gestation and autism was “inconsistent”.

The UK’s wellness secretary, Wes Streeting, told nan British nationalist they should not “pay immoderate attraction whatsoever to what Donald Trump says astir medicine”, adding: “I spot doctors complete President Trump frankly, connected this.”

But successful a wide-ranging question and reply pinch LBC’s Nick Ferrari, Farage was asked straight if Trump was correct to stock those unproven claims. He said: “I person nary idea, I’ve nary idea. You cognize we were told thalidomide was a secure supplier and it wasn’t. Who knows Nick, I don’t know.

“He [Trump] has a peculiar point astir autism. I deliberation because there’s been immoderate successful his family, he feels it very personally. I’ve nary idea.”

When Farage was asked if he would broadside pinch aesculapian experts who opportunity it is vulnerable to make nan link, he added: “I wouldn’t. I wouldn’t. When it comes to science, I don’t broadside pinch anybody, right? You know? I don’t broadside pinch anybody, because subject is ne'er settled. We should retrieve that.” Yet erstwhile challenged complete whether it was irresponsible for Trump to make specified an unproven claim, Farage said: “That’s an sentiment he’s [Trump’s] got. It’s not 1 that I needfully share.”

Farage’s refusal to condemn Trump’s claims comes weeks aft a arguable doctor, Aseem Malhotra, was fixed apical billing astatine Reform UK’s statement convention and utilized his main-stage reside to declare nan Covid vaccine caused crab successful nan royal family. Malhotra is an advisor to Trump’s wellness secretary, Robert F Kennedy.

In nan aforesaid interview, Farage said Trump was “right to say” that law rule “is an rumor successful London”.

“Never return what he [Trump] says literally, ever connected anything. But ever return everything he says seriously,” Farage said, adding, Trump “has a point”.

“So is he correct to opportunity that law is an rumor successful London? Yes. Is it an overwhelming rumor astatine this stage? No. Has nan politician of London straight linked himself to it? No.”

Labour MPs person urged Keir Starmer to reprimand Trump’s management aft nan US president falsely claimed successful a reside to nan United Nations: “I look astatine London, wherever you person a unspeakable mayor, terrible, unspeakable mayor, and it’s been changed, it’s been truthful changed.

“Now they want to spell to law law. But you are successful a different country, you can’t do that.”

Trump has been publically attacking nan London mayor, Sadiq Khan, since 2015 erstwhile nan Labour leader criticised Trump, nan past statesmanlike candidate, for suggesting that Muslims should beryllium banned from travelling to nan US.

A spokesperson for Khan said: “We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments pinch a response. London is nan top metropolis successful nan world, safer than awesome US cities and we’re delighted to invited nan grounds number of US citizens moving here.”

During nan LBC phone-in Farage besides said Reform’s scheme to prohibition anyone who is not a UK national from claiming benefits would not use to Ukrainians and Hongkongers.

“No, because they travel for different reasons,” Farage said, adding those who person lived successful nan UK connected indefinite time off to stay and person not worked aliases paid into nan strategy would beryllium told their benefits will beryllium cut.