Farage meets Elon Musk to discuss Trump’s ‘ground game’ – and vows ‘we have one chance left to save the West’
NIGEL Farage has held talks with Elon Musk as speculation mounts Reform UK could be in line for a massive donation from the billionaire.
The party leader posed with the Tesla chief and party treasurer Nick Candy during a meeting yesterday in Florida saying there is one last moment "to save the West".
The trio were snapped as a group underneath a portrait of a younger Donald Trump at his Mar-A Lago home in the US state as they learned about Trump's historic election win.
Mr Farage posted the image on X - owned by Musk - with the caption “Britain needs reform”.
The leading Brexiteer said: “We had a great meeting with Elon Musk for an hour yesterday.
"We learned a great deal about the Trump ground game and will have ongoing discussions on other areas.
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“We only have one more chance left to save the West and we can do great things together.
“Our thanks also to President Trump for allowing us to use Mar-A-Lago for this historic meeting. The special relationship is alive and well.”
There has been growing speculation that Musk could make a donation via one of his UK companies to Reform UK to help with their campaigning.
But the party though has been keen to dampen expectations that it could hit almost £80 million.
At the weekend, Candy, 51, told The Sunday Times: “I don’t want to go too much into the personal side of it. But he, I think, would like to help Nigel and Reform and myself.”
Tycoon Candy added that Musk is “legally allowed to donate through his companies that are registered in the UK … whether that’s Tesla or whether that’s X”.
Reform have also been keen to speak to Musk about Trump’s victory in the US election and winning in seven swng states that ultimately decided his win.
Candy believes he can raise up to £40 million by the next election and he will personally give £1 million.
Musk will now look to cut the size of the US state and will help run the Department of Government Efficiency. He gave at least £200 million to the Republicans during the election.