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.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is said to be looking at how he and his right-wing pals in the US can disrupt the Labour government and remove Keir Starmer as Prime Minister

Elon Musk has called for Nigel Farage to be replaced as leader of Reform UK in a surprising U-turn hours after the British politician refused to endorse some of the tech billionaire’s latest online claims. “The Reform party needs a new leader. Farage doesn’t have what it takes,” Musk wrote on X, his social media site, on Sunday afternoon.

Losing Elon Musk’s support would harm Reform UK but the relationship can be mended, Nigel Farage has said. The Reform leader said he would be in the United States “for a good sort of four or five days” for Donald Trump ’s inauguration as president, during which time he would meet billionaire Mr Musk.

Nigel Farage said he has 'no desire to go to war' with billionaire Elon Musk, who humiliated him at the weekend. He claimed the bromance can still be fixed

The budding alliance between Nigel Farage and Elon Musk appears to have broken down over Musk's support for Tommy Robinson. Just a month ago, the Times reported that Musk was considering a huge £80 million donation to Farage's Reform party.

The tech-tycoon called for the Reform UK leader to be replaced amid an ongoing social media feud fuelled by the grooming gang scandal.

Donald Trump's billionaire ally has said Nigel Farage should no longer lead Reform UK. Here is everything the pair have said about each other so far.

Musk's criticism of Farage comes weeks after the pair had a "great" meeting in the USA amid rumours of a large donation to. | ITV National News

Elon Musk has said Reform UK needs a new leader because Nigel Farage “doesn’t have what it takes”. The tech billionaire’s comments came just hours after Farage described him as “a hero”. His latest intervention on UK politics casts serious doubt on claims he was prepared to make a substantial donation to Reform.