Nigel Farage has hour-long meeting with Elon Musk in Florida
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has met Elon Musk amid speculation the tech billionaire could make a donation to the party.
Mr Farage described the hour-long meeting at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday as “great” and “historic”, saying he and party treasurer Nick Candy had “learned a great deal about the Trump ground game”.
‘Save the West’
He said the men would have “ongoing discussions on other areas”, adding: “We only have one more chance left to save the West and we can do great things together.”
The meeting follows newspaper reports, dismissed by Mr Farage, that X owner Mr Musk was preparing to donate up to 100 million dollars (£79 million) to Reform UK.
Mr Farage has previously criticised American political figures for getting involved in British politics, saying then-president Barack Obama had “behaved disgracefully” by suggesting the UK would be “at the back of the queue” for a US trade deal if it voted for Brexit.
Money
He has repeatedly insisted he knows nothing about a potential contribution to Reform from Mr Musk, but said the party would take the money if it were offered.
Mr Musk is reported to have spent more than 250 million dollars (£197 million) to support Mr Trump’s re-election campaign, focused on increasing turnout in key states.
He has since been named as one of the two heads of a new cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency in the incoming Trump administration.
The visit is at least the fourth time Mr Farage has travelled to America since his election as MP for Clacton in July.
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Musk went to clacton? Wow.
Surely you meant to say Farage went to clacton? Wow.
Looks like Elon’s impressed with Reform: Starmer will be bricking it.
Farage will be watching what Trump does over the next two years and using it to try and win voters in the next Senedd elections using Musk’s money. We live in precarious times, where in the near future our very country’s existence could be at risk if Reform gain power in the Senedd. These people care little for Cymru, our culture, language or traditions. Be prepared for a fight to keep everything we love from being trashed by these nationalistic charlatans.
I predict that Trump will rescue the USA from the apathetic jaws of the radical left and it will prosper, whilst Starmer’s socialist nightmare drags the UK into near desolation. Reform will win power in 2029 and follow in Trump’s footsteps. If you can’t get on board then get out of the way.
Trump told a Christian conference to get out and vote for him just this once, they won’t have to do it again. A declaration of the end of democracy. Now, Farage has taken the title deeds of the UK for potential purchaser Elon Musk to peruse. If he buys it, Farage will be installed as the dictator of the newly acquired US state. There were those who were concerned that we would end up having the Euro as our currency. I suspect those same people will not mind having the US dollar.