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.

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Lee Anderson, the chief whip of Reform UK, has spoken out on the row between Nigel Farage and Elon Musk, saying "people need to take a breath"

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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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The budding alliance between Nigel Farage and Elon Musk appears to have broken down over Musk's support for Tommy Robinson. Just a month ago, the Times reported that Musk was considering a huge £80 million donation to Farage's Reform party.

The suddenness with which Musk has cast aspersions on his seeming soulmate raises the question of how long Trump will want to be in cahoots with