Reform UK is in “open negotiations” with US billionaire Elon Musk about him donating to the occasion, Nigel Farage has informed the ORIONEWS.
The Reform UK chief mentioned the pair “did discuss cash” throughout a gathering on Monday at Donald Trump’s Florida retreat.
He added that the tech tycoon, a distinguished supporter and main donor to Trump’s re-election marketing campaign, was “absolutely, absolutely behind us”.
“He needs to assist us, he is not against the thought of giving us cash, supplied we are able to do it legally by means of UK corporations,” he added.
It’s the first time Mr Farage has mentioned his occasion is in talks a few potential donation from Mr Musk, the proprietor of social media web site X and carmaker Tesla.
Earlier this month, Farage mentioned that though Mr Musk was a political supporter, he had not requested for a donation and “one has by no means been supplied”.
As a US citizen, Mr Musk can not make private political donations within the UK.
However there have been reviews suggesting a donation could possibly be made by means of the British department of X.
Talking to ORIONEWS political editor Chris Mason, Farage mentioned they “did not talk about particular numbers” when it got here to a possible donation, including the occasion was “in negotiations” over the matter.
However he added that hypothesis the billionaire may make a donation as giant as $100m (£78m) was “for the birds”.
Farage has beforehand mentioned the UK’s election watchdog “would take a view {that a} donation that got here from an organization must be proportional to the scale of the corporate on this nation”.
Mar-a-lago assembly
It comes after Reform UK mentioned Farage, together with new occasion treasurer Nick Sweet, met Mr Musk at Mar-a-Lago for an hour on Monday and had “discovered an ideal deal from Musk concerning the Trump floor recreation”.
Farage posted an image of himself on X alongside Mr Musk and Mr Sweet, who was introduced as occasion treasurer final week, standing in entrance of a portray of Trump that hangs contained in the Mar-A-Lago complicated.
He added “Britain wants Reform”, to which Mr Musk replied: “Completely”.
Reform UK thanked the US president-elect for permitting them to make use of the constructing for the assembly, including it confirmed the “particular relationship” between the UK and US was “alive and nicely”.
Mr Musk has develop into a distinguished critic of Labour Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and has backed Reform UK to kind the subsequent authorities in posts on his social media platform X.
Mr Musk, who was born in South Africa, donated $75m to US President-elect Donald Trump’s re-election bid, with $72m of that going to a political motion committee he arrange referred to as America PAC.
Mr Musk’s father Errol has instructed the SpaceX and Tesla mogul may even be ready to develop into a UK citizen to make a $100m donation to Reform UK.
Earlier this month, he informed GB Information: “I am eligible for British citizenship, so is he, I suppose.”