Nigel Farage is now “much smaller” in Donald Trump’s eyes after the Reform UK leader’s row with Elon Musk, according to a former adviser to the US president. The Clacton MP has been a vocal supporter of Trump’s for years,

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has reportedly told an associate that it will be difficult to pump cash into Reform UK now he is part of Donald Trump's government in the US

After Elon Musk recently called Nigel Farage's leadership into doubt, one German MP may have nailed their dynamic.

Mr Musk’s allyship with Mr Farage would seem like a natural fit, given that the Reform leader’s relationship with Mr Trump goes back much further. The pair first met in 2016, shortly after the president-elect’s first election victory, and they are thought to have remained allies since.

Nigel Farage has insisted he is still friends with Elon Musk and has spoken to him since he claimed the Reform MP “doesn’t have what it takes” to lead his party. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

Nigel Farage has said he and Elon Musk are still friends but warned he "can't be bullied" after the Tesla boss called for a new Reform UK leader. It comes after the tech billionaire said on his social media site X last week that the MP "doesn't have what it takes" to lead his party.

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Reform UK leader steps up pressure on Keir Starmer as he threatens to hold his own hearings into grooming gangs if the government does not