American billionaire Elon Musk, a member of Donald Trump's future cabinet, supported the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany party two months before the parliamentary elections in Germany. “Only AfD can save Germany,” he wrote on the website X, which he owns.
Musk's words of support for – ed.) rejects a pro-freedom approach and refuses any discussion with the AfD.
“Only AfD can save Germany,” Musk wrote. Candidate of the right-wing party for chancellor GermanAlice Weidel, reacted to this declaration with satisfaction. “Yes! You're absolutely right,” she announced to X in response to his message.
The German dpa agency reminded that the American billionaire is currently a close advisor to the president-elect USA Donald Trump and will be an important figure in his future United States administration.
Elon Musk interferes in foreign policy
Musk, who as the head of Tesla is one of the largest employers in Brandenburg, praised the AfD in the summer, after the European Parliament elections. This party is described as right-wing extremist, but as dpa reminds, Musk argued at the beginning of June this year on X: “The political positions of AfD that I have read about do not sound extremist.”
Before the Bundestag elections scheduled for February 23, 2025, the AfD is in second place polls with a result of about 19 percent – behind the CDU/CSU Christian Democrats, which enjoys the support of 30 percent. respondents. All parties represented in the Bundestag have ruled out cooperation with the far-right AfD.
Musk has also been interfering in British politics for months. He has declared support for the right-wing populist Reform UK party and is talking to Brexit activist Nigel Farage about making a donation, dpa noted.
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