Since George Washington, presidents have trusted Wall Street and Main Street leaders to put the nation’s books in order, juice the economy or bring efficiency to a lumbering bureaucracy.

Nigel Farage said Musk's comments came as a "surprise" and suggested the apparent fallout was over the jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson.

It feels like just yesterday the X owner and the Reform leader were pictured together at Mar-a-Lago. Now Elon Musk has publicly attacked Nigel Farage, saying he “doesn’t have what it takes” to lead the party and should be replaced.