Farage said Musk is negotiating a gift to Reform UK.

UK Reform is in "open  talks" with US billionaire Elon Musk about  a donation to the party, Nigel Farage has told the  BBC.

The UK Reform leader said the  two men "talked about money" during a meeting at Donald Trump's Florida  mansion on Monday.
He added that the tech  mogul, a prominent supporter and major donor to Trump's re-election campaign, was  "totally, totally behind  us".
"He wants to help us, he's not  against giving us money,  as long as we do it legally through  British companies," he  added.

This is the first time Farage has said his party is in talks about a  possible donation from Musk, the owner of social  networking site X and carmaker  Tesla. French Big news for me about Elon Musk  donation, says  Farage
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Earlier this month, Farage said that  while Musk  is a political supporter, he had not asked for a donation and  "has never been  offered a donation".
As a US citizen, Musk cannot make personal political donations in the  UK.
But reports have  suggested a donation could be made through  X's UK branch.
Speaking to BBC political editor Chris Mason, Farage said  that "they have not discussed specific  figures" about a  possible donation, adding  that the party was  "in talks" on the  matter.
But he added that speculation  that the billionaire could make a donation  of up to $100 million (£78 million) was  "a little crazy". Farage previously said the  UK election watchdog  "considers 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 Musk at Mar-a-Lago for an hour on Monday and  "learned a  lot from Musk about Trump  turf".
Farage posted a  photo of himself on X alongside Mr Musk and Mr Candy, who was announced as  the party's treasurer last week, in front of a painting of Trump  hanging in the Mar-A-Lago  compound.
He added  that "Britain needs  reform", to which Musk replied:  "Absolutely".
Reform UK thanked the US president-elect for allowing them to use the building for the meeting, adding  that it showed the "special relationship" between the UK and  the US was "alive and  well". Musk has become a prominent critic of Labour Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and has backed Reform UK to form the next government in posts on his social media platform  X.
Mr Musk, who was born in South Africa,  has donated  $75 million to Donald  Trump's re-election bid,  $72 million of  which went to a political action committee he set  up, called America  PAC.
Musk's father, Errol, has suggested  that the SpaceX and Tesla  tycoon may be  willing to become a  British citizen  in order to  donate $100 million to Reform  UK.
Earlier this  month he told GB News:  "I'm eligible for British citizenship,  and so is he, I  think."