Can Elon Musk do for Nigel Farage what he did for President-elect Trump? By that we mean boost his candidacy in England with donations and endorsements?
The Telegraph reports that Musk may donate $100 million or £78 million to Farage so that he and the Reform UK party defeat both Labour and the Conservatives, which would position Farage as the next Prime Minister. Farage fueled these rumors with this post showing his recent visit with Musk at Mar-a-Lago.
A donation like that would be the largest in UK history. Would it even be legal for a U.S. citizen to donate to a U.K. politician? No, it’s not. Musk would have to give Reform money via the British branch of X, he could not do so personally.
An alignment with Musk is an indirect alignment with President-elect Trump and his policies and many Brits, Europeans and Canadians alike are searching for their Trump-like candidate amid raging crime, inflation and mass immigration. But does the world want a kingmaker in Elon Musk or would it be better for each country figure to figure out their own winning nationalist strategy? (Note: nationalism is NOT ethno-nationalism so stop calling it racist.)
Farage’s path to Downing Street would be a steep climb but stranger things have happened.
