Farage travels 4,423 miles from constituency to meet with Elon Musk
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage jetted off more than 4,000 miles from his constituency of Clacton to meet with billionaire Elon Musk.
The overseas trip is at least the fourth time Farage has travelled to America since he was elected as an MP for the first time in July.
In an hour-long meeting at President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Farage said the ‘great’ and ‘historic’ meeting allowed him and party treasurer Nick Candy to ‘learn a great deal’ about the Trump ‘ground game’.
He added: ‘We only have one more chance left to save the West and we can do great things together.’
It comes after Farage dismissed reports that Musk could donate millions of pounds to the Reform UK party – but said if it was offered, they would take the cash.
Farage has previously criticised American political figures for getting involved in British politics.
He said 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.
Musk has made his views on UK politics clear – during the Southport riots this summer, he slammed Keir Starmer for not protecting ‘all communities’.
Earlier this month, The Times reported that there was a ‘credible’ prospect that Musk could give Farage a big financial boost to help Reform UK.
Concerns were raised that a massive donation could ‘obliterate’ the state of British politics and the Conservative Party itself before new leader Kemi Badenoch gets her footing as new leader.
Farage said previously: ‘All I can say is that I’m in touch with him (Musk) and he is very supportive of my policy positions.
‘We both share a friendship with Donald Trump and Trump has said good things about me in front of Musk. We’ve got a good relationship with him.’
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