Amid strong opposition to mass immigration across the Channel, the head of X and Tesla reiterates his claim that a civil war will soon break out in the country.

A most bleak prediction. Elon Musk , who is now focusing on his businesses after his time at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), asserts that "civil war is inevitable in the UK" on X. For him, "it's only a matter of time" .

With this post, viewed more than 40 million times on the social network and "liked" nearly 250,000 times, the American businessman reiterates a statement he has already made on X. "Civil war is inevitable ," he had declared in August 2024, reacting to a video that was allegedly filmed in Liverpool showing clashes between anti-immigration protesters and law enforcement.

At the time, the context was marked by anti-immigration demonstrations across a large part of the country. These followed, in particular, the murder of three young girls by a teenager of Rwandan origin and the indictment of several asylum seekers in cases of sexual assault.

Since then? The situation has hardly changed. The resentment towards mass immigration remains just as strong. In September, at the initiative of the far-right activist Tommy Robinson, an anti-immigration rally brought together several hundred thousand people in London. Despite his promises, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is struggling to quell the anger. Nigel Farage, founder of the Reform UK party, is leading in the polls with a combative anti-immigration stance.