The people set to shape tech policy in Trump’s administration have embraced Musk and joined in bashing big social-media firms.

While Elon Musk's hair has never been quite as disastrous as that of his bestie Donald Trump, it looked suspiciously different (in a bad way) years ago.

The Reform leader's former chief-of-staff has hit out at the tech-tycoon after calling for Farage to be replaced in the latest social media spat.

Elon Musk has said Nigel Farage “doesn’t have what it takes” to lead Reform UK, just weeks after the pair had a “great” meeting in the US. The owner of Tesla and X – the social media site formerly known as Twitter – met with Mr Farage in December at US President-elect Donald Trump ’s Mar-a-Lago resort, which Mr Farage described as “historic”.

Elon Musk had recently proclaimed that ‘only’ Nigel Farage’s Reform UK could ‘save’ Britain, while calling for fresh elections in the country.