Dan Walker from 5 News speaks to Nigel Farage in Washington DC ahead of Donald Trump’s second inauguration as President of the United States. The Reform UK leader explains why he believes Mr Trump is “what the world needs”, and where he stands with Elon Musk following differences of opinion over Tommy Robinson. When asked if he genuinely thought he could be the next UK prime minister, Mr Farage responded: “Yes, I do.” Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I saw him in that four years as a peacemaker around the world rather than what we'd had
00:06for so many years before. American presidents rushing off to war everywhere
00:11and us going in the wake of it. I genuinely believe he's what the world needs.
00:18If you won't tell us whether you're going to spend some time with Donald Trump while you're here,
00:21will you get the opportunity to speak to Elon Musk?
00:25Yes.
00:25Have you already?
00:28We're talking.
00:29Because the most recent correspondence we had from him
00:33with regards to yourself was that you should be replaced as leader.
00:36That was some time ago.
00:38This is a fast-moving scene with Elon. It moves every day.
00:41Have you repaired that relationship?
00:42Yes. We've agreed there's no conflict between us. There's no need for there to be a conflict
00:47between us. He took a different view over a particular issue to me.
00:51Tommy Robinson?
00:52Yeah, and I don't change my mind for anybody.
00:54You know, if I believe in something as a matter of principle, I don't change my mind.
00:58Because there'll be some people who watch this back home and fundamentally feel that
01:02Elon Musk and the growing influence he seems to have back in the UK is a concern.
01:07Do you think that's a concern?
01:08We've had this for all time. You know, Lord Beaverbrook,
01:11you know, owned the newspapers in between the war.
01:13I'm not asking about him.
01:14I'm asking you about Elon Musk.
01:16Well, no, the point I'm making is that actually the Elon phenomenon
01:19is not quite as unusual as you're saying it is.
01:22Rupert Murdoch's an Australian, now an American, who's had a massive impact over our lives.
01:26You could argue he has even more power than even the great print magnets of the past.
01:31It certainly is. I mean, it's a very powerful situation that he has.
01:34But you know something? The British public aren't stupid.
01:37You know, if they think what Elon Musk is saying makes sense, he'll be very influential.
01:43If they think he doesn't make sense, he won't be.
01:45Don't underestimate. You know, people are good at making their own minds up.
01:49I do think, I really do think on the grooming gang horror, he's kind of reawakened
01:56a national debate around something that I think most of us feel was covered up.
02:01You've had a few days in Washington.
02:03I understand there was a big party at the beginning of the weekend
02:06where you were introduced as the next prime minister of the United Kingdom.
02:11Do you share that view?
02:13I tell you what, once every 50 to 100 years,
02:18we get something remarkable happens in British politics.
02:21And I think we are potentially at one of those moments.
02:26You know, the Liberal Party disappeared after the First World War and were replaced
02:31by the Labour Party. Are we at one of those moments?
02:34It feels to me like we are. Yes, I think there is such a level.
02:38You sit here today genuinely thinking you could be the next prime minister?
02:41Yes, I do. I do.
02:44I think, I think that our trust and our faith in the two parties,
02:51or maybe actually they really are the union party,
02:54but there isn't much to choose between them.
02:56I think the damage they've done to the country in the last couple of decades,
03:00the damage, particularly the people's quality of life that has occurred,
03:04mean people want something different.
03:06And I think what we're offering, what I'm trying to offer,
03:08is a much more positive vision for how we think about ourselves,
03:12how we think about our past and who we are as a people and where we're going to go.