As Musk bizarrely calls for US to ‘liberate’ UK, the zany plots that could play out – from $15trillion buyout to COUP
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ELON Musk has bizarrely called for the US to "liberate" the UK as he deepens his war of words against Keir Starmer - but how could this actually play out?. The world's richest man Musk - a top ally of incoming US President Donald Trump - has been going to war with the Labour government with dozens of posts on X (formerly Twitter).
![[Elon Musk has built up a close friendship with Donald Trump with fears rising that an invasion of Britain may not be as farfetched as it seems]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/d3a28861-54a7-4697-81d2-6bb1ad34b54b.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
He asked his 210million followers whether or not: "America should liberate Britain from their tyrannical government.". At the time of publication, the vote was split 60/40 in favour of "liberation" after 15 hours and one million votes. But what on earth would this zany and bizarre idea actually look like in practice?.
![[Musk's strange post on X appearing to incite a liberation]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image_b8b7ae.jpeg?strip=all&w=897)
And it comes after Trump's team have already floated buying Greenland, making Canada the "51st state" and seizing the Panama Canal. So while it seems totally outlandish - the MAGA alliance seems open to big brash ideas. Professor Anthony Glees, a politics and security expert from the University of Buckingham, told The Sun that Musk's approach is "madhouse politics".
![[Elon Musk has grown a close bond with incoming US President Donald Trump]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2572f35c-8f8b-41ec-97d1-436599f3bc6f.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
But despite he warned Britain should dismiss Musk "at our own peril". And he drew up three scenarios in which the US could be seen as "liberating" Britain. This came in the form of political pressure fermenting a kind of revolution, trying to BUY the country, and the nearly totally unthinkable of military intervention.
![[Sir Keir Starmer is facing growing criticism over his government from Musk online]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image_366265.jpeg?strip=all&w=960)
