In several posts, Loomer accused Musk of having “bought his way into MAGA,” claimed he was a pawn of China, and said that the “divorce” between the “stage 5 clinger” and President-elect Donald Trump was on the horizon.

Nigel Farage said he did not want to “go to war” with US billionaire Elon Musk who said he should be replaced as Reform UK leader having previously backed him. Farage said he instead wanted to “mend broken fences” and made clear he would seek to do this when he travels to America for four or five days and Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president later this month.

Reform UK Chairman Zia Yusuf has hailed Elon Musk as "the greatest entrepreneur of all time by some distance", despite the tech billionaire's recent criticism of party leader Nigel Farage. Speaking to GB News,