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Farage goals to ‘mend fences’ with Elon Musk in US

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Nigel Farage says he desires to “mend fences” with Elon Musk, after the billionaire Trump adviser referred to as for him to get replaced as Reform UK social gathering chief.

Simply earlier than Christmas, Farage informed journalists his social gathering was in “negotiations” with Mr Musk, the world’s richest man, a couple of potential donation.

However come the brand new yr, the connection had soured, with Tesla boss Mr Musk saying Farage “didn’t have what it takes” to guide the social gathering.

Farage advised the snub was over a disagreement about Mr Musk’s help for the jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson.

Talking on LBC, Farage stated he deliberate to restore his relationship with Mr Musk throughout an upcoming “4 or 5” day journey to the US for Donald Trump’s inauguration as president on 20 January.

“In fact I need his help, after all I’ll discuss to him in America in a number of days’ time, after all I need to mend any damaged fences that may exist,” he stated.

“I’ve no want to go to battle with Elon Musk and I am not going to, and I have not achieved”, he added. “I am an enormous admirer of him – I believe he is an heroic determine.”

He repeated his perception that shedding Mr Musk’s help would harm the social gathering’s possibilities with youthful voters, as a result of the tech entrepreneur was “a cult hero determine” and “he form of makes us look cool”.

Nevertheless, Farage stated he “wouldn’t be moved” over Mr Musk’s name to free Tommy Robinson, actual identify Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who was jailed in October final yr for repeating false claims in opposition to a Syrian refugee.

The Reform UK chief stated a lot of his “American pals” had solely “seen one aspect of the Robinson story”, and had been unaware of Robinson’s felony report.

“He has been in jail many occasions over time… As soon as he virtually introduced down a trial at which gang rapists had been in the end convicted,” Farage stated.

He added that embracing Robinson would do Reform UK “immense hurt, and possibly rightly so.”

Nevertheless, insisted Mr Musk’s backing was “not essential” and advised the falling out with the billionaire may benefit Reform UK in future.

He added: “The truth that I’ve stood up on some extent of precept – even when within the quick time period it is to my detriment – in the long term might even work in our favour.”

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