Elon Musk attends a news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, May 30, 2025, in Washington. Elon Musk compared British people to Lord of the Rings’ “hobbits” whose “pleasant” lives were disrupted by the arrival of migrants.The richest man in the world alleged people in the UK living in “lovely small towns” had to deal with new arrivals who suddenly “start raping the kids”.The alarming claim is the tech tycoon’s latest attack on Britain and its approach to immigration.Speaking on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast last week, he said: “These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they’ve been living their lives quietly. They’re like hobbits, frankly.“In fact, JR Tolkien based the hobbits on people he knew in small town England.“They’re lovely people who liked to, you know, smoke their pipe.“And have nice meals. And everything is pleasant. The hobbits in the shire.”He continued: “The reason they’ve been able to enjoy the shires is because ha