He said: “This remarkable alliance that has worked since the late 1940s was put there to guarantee peace has pretty much done a very good job over those years.
“So there needs to be a big public debate in America right now about … if you wish to continue leading NATO.
“And if you do, that message must be sent loud and clear to Vladimir Putin.
“Because you know, if it’s not, if that message isn’t sent, I think Putin may well continue.
“I’ve come to that conclusion over the last few days.”
Mr Farage continued by arguing that without the US, NATO is simply a “waste of space”.
He said: “Do Americans still want to be the leaders of the Western world?
“Because if they’re not, we have a problem. The truth of it is without America, NATO is a waste of space.
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“It made no sense to poke the Russian bear with a stick.
“These are dark days for Europe.”
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