Nigel Farage meets Elon Musk at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion amid rumours of $100m donation to Reform | EUROtoday

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Nigel Farage has met Elon Musk at Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago mansion amid rumours the tech billionaire is making ready to donate $100m to Reform UK.

The two males met on the Florida membership on Monday, alongside Reform’s new celebration treasurer Nick Candy. In an announcement, Mr Farage and Mr Candy described their hour-long assembly as “great”.

They didn’t point out cash however stated they’d “learned a great deal about the Trump ground game” and would have “ongoing discussions” with the Tesla boss on different areas.

They added: “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.”

The money would be by far the largest donation in British electoral history.

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According to The Sunday Timesleading businessmen and Conservative Party officials believe that Musk could hand over the cash as a “f*** you Starmer” payment as part of his feud with the prime minister.

At the end of last month, the controversial tech billionaire and “first buddy” of Mr Trump even shared a post on X claiming that Reform UK will win the next general election, captioning his repost with the word “yes”.

Asked earlier this month about the reports of the massive donation by ITV, Mr Musk denied he was planning to donate $100 million, but his response did not rule out another amount.

Asked by ITV News if he was planning to give the upstart party £80m, Mr Musk – who has been appointed by Mr Trump to lead a new government efficiency commission in the US – replied “no”.

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In a picture shared on Musk’s X, the three men posed in front of a 1989 painting of Mr Trump called The Visionary (or The Entrepreneur).

American journalist Mark Bowden previously likened the portrait of a ‘Sun God’ with a “wide-shouldered, thin-hipped Donald, his youthful face eclipsing the solar itself, his pores and skin glowing like the highest flooring of Trump Tower at sundown, the color of heat bullion.”

Mr Farage has previously described Mr Musk as “very supportive”.

”He thinks that if Reform do well in the UK, we can bring about the same kind of change that he intends to do with Donald Trump in America,” the celebration chief stated.

But Mr Farage has additionally beforehand criticised American political figures for his or her involvement in British politics. He stated that then-president Barack Obama had “behaved disgracefully” by suggesting the UK could be “at the back of the queue” for a US commerce deal if it voted for Brexit.

Mr Farage has repeatedly insisted he is aware of nothing a few potential contribution to Reform from Mr Musk, however stated the celebration would take the cash if it had been provided.

Mr Musk is reported to have spent greater than 250 million {dollars} (£197 million) in his marketing campaign to re-elect Mr Trump. Mr Farage has been criticised for travelling to America on various events since his election as the brand new MP for Clacton in July.