Nigel Farage told the BBC that Reform UK was in “open discussions” with American billionaire Elon Musk about donating to the party.
The Reform UK leader said the couple “talked about money” during a meeting at Donald Trump’s Florida retreat on Monday.
He added that the tech tycoon, a key backer and major donor to Trump’s re-election campaign, was “totally, totally behind us.”
“He wants to help us, he’s not against the idea of giving us money, provided we can do it legally through UK companies,” he added.
It is the first time Mr Farage has said his party is in talks with Mr Musk, owner of social media site X and carmaker Tesla, about a possible donation.
Earlier this month, Farage said that although Mr Musk was a political supporter, he had not asked for a donation and had “never been offered one”.
As a US citizen, Mr Musk cannot make personal political donations in the UK.
But there have been reports suggesting that the donation could be made through the British branch of X.
Speaking to the BBC’s political editor Chris Mason, Farage said he “didn’t discuss specific numbers” when it came to the potential donation, adding that the party was “in talks” on the matter.
But he added that speculation that the billionaire could make a donation as large as $100m (£78m) “for the birds” was rife.
Farage previously said the UK election watchdog would “take care that a donation from a company should be proportionate to the size of the company in that country”.
Mar-a-lago meeting
It comes after Reform UK said Farage, along with the party’s new treasurer Nick Candy, met Mr Musk for an hour at Mar-a-Lago on Monday and “talked to Musk a lot about the Trump ground game. learned”.
Farage posted a picture of himself with Mr Musk and Mr Candy on X, which was Announced as party treasurer Last week, stood in front of a painting of Trump that hangs inside the Mar-a-Lago complex.
He added that “Britain needs reform”, to which Mr Musk replied: “Absolutely”.
Reform UK thanked the US president-elect for allowing the building to be used for the meeting, saying it showed the “special relationship” between Britain and the US is “alive and well”.
Mr Musk has become a prominent critic of Labor Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and has backed the next Reform UK government in posts on his social media platform X.
Mr. Musk, who was born in South Africa, donated $75 million to US President-elect Donald Trump’s re-election bid, $72 million of which will go to a political action committee he founded in America. was established in the name of AC.
Mr Musk’s father Errol has suggested the SpaceX and Tesla mogul could even be willing to become a British citizen to donate $100 million to Reform UK.
Earlier this month, he told GB News: “I’m eligible for British citizenship, I think he is too.”