Nigel Farage says he and Elon Musk are ‘still friends’ after billionaire’s social media assault | EUROtoday

Nigel Farage has insisted he’s nonetheless mates with Elon Musk and has spoken to him since his on-line assault that the Reform MP “doesn’t have what it takes” to steer his occasion.

In an interview with Sky News, Mr Farage responded to the fall-out, saying: “Of course we’re friends. He just says what he thinks at any moment in time.”

He added he has “been in touch” with multi-billionaire, often called the world’s richest man, although wouldn’t reveal what that they had mentioned.

“Look, he said lots of supportive things. He said one thing that wasn’t supportive. I mean, that’s just the way it is,” Mr Farage stated.

It comes after the Tesla founder waded in to debate across the UK’s grooming gangs scandal and known as for far-right activist Tommy Robinson to be launched from jail.

Despite his continued help for Reform, relations appeared to have soured on 5 January between the 2 males over Mr Farage’s rejection of Mr Musk’s calls to launch Robsinon.

Mr Musk posted: “The Reform Party need a new leader. Farage doesn’t have what it takes.”

Speaking to Sky News on Friday, the Clacton MP stated he overtly disagreed with this place and denied being afraid to criticise the tech mogul.

Mr Farage stated: “What he [Musk] was saying online was that effectively Tommy Robinson was a political prisoner and I wouldn’t go along with that.

“If I had gone along with that, he wouldn’t have put out a tweet that was against me.

“By the way, you know, I can’t be pushed or bullied or made to change by anybody. I stick to what I believe.”

He additionally burdened that neither Robinson, whose actual title is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, or his supporters can be welcome inside his occasion.

“I’ve never wanted to work with people who were active in the BNP. I’ve made that clear right throughout the last decade of my on/off political career. So that’s what the point of difference is,” he stated.

In a earlier interview with LBC, Mr Farage stated he would journey to America for “four or five days” later this month to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president, throughout which era he hoped to fulfill Mr Musk and restore their relationship.

He added: “Of course I want his support; of course I will talk to him in America in a few days’ time; of course I want to mend any broken fences that might exist. I’m sure we can do it.”