Elon Musk's support for AfD. What role the German influencer naomi seibt had

Collaborator Donald Trumpowner of Tesla and other enterprises Elon Musk openly expresses its support for the far -right German Alternative for Germany (AFD). At the inauguration of the election campaign of this formation, he spoke on January 26, among others That “AfD is the greatest hope for Germany”.

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Earlier, the richest man in the world has expressed his support, writing on X that only the right-wing-compulsory and referred to as an extremist party “Germany can save”. He also talked live with her boss Alice Weidel on X. Critics accuse him of using his huge range on this website to influence the result of the election in Germany. They took place on Sunday, and According to Exit Poll Afd, she won second place, obtaining 19.5 percent. The Chadecki block of CDU/CSU won 29 percent, Social Democrats with SPD 16 percent, green 13.5 percent, and the left party 8.5 percent Other formations did not exceed the electoral threshold. However, these data are preliminary results and they may change.

Musk, who as the head of Tesla is one of the largest employers in Brandenburg, also praised AfD in the summer, after the election to the European Parliament. He wrote at the beginning of June 2024 on X: “The political positions of the AfD I read about do not sound extremistic.”

The media write about the fact that a businessman's opinion about an alternative to Germany could evolve under the influence of 24-year-old German influencer and activist Nomi Seibt. Musk himself openly admitted that before the first interaction with “Anti -Greta Thunberg”, which took place on April 20 last year, “did not know” the full AFD – reminds “The Independent”.

The journal writes that a woman from 19 years old is a right -wing activist. It began with opposition to climate activism (hence the “anti-gang thunberg”). She called herself a “atmospheric realist” and collaborated with Protrumpowski, Deluoda climate change American Think Tank Heartland Institute, but soon she turned to another fronts, preaching right -wing opinions. “She is an anti -feminist, anti -Islamist, she is pro -Russian and disregards the German sense of guilt for the Nazi past,” writes “The Independent”.

On April 20, the influencer responded to the entrepreneur's entry, assessing that he “refuses to negotiate with tyrants.” Referred to his battle related to blocking X in Brazil and refusal to moderate X in Germany. Musk answered her in seven minutes: “We do what we can.”

When on June 9 Seibt announced on X that she voted in elections to the European Parliament at the AfD, Musk made it available to her entry and in public asked: “Why do some react so negatively to AfD? They still say 'extreme right' say, but the AFD policy I read about, not Sounds extremist.

A further discussion began in the comments, in which Seibt and Muska entries also appeared.

The 24-year-old and billionaire continued to interact on the portal, and according to “The Independent” they established them 47 times directly on this platform. In addition, in many other cases they provided each other's content.

According to Reuters, he places it in a narrow group of European influencers, which he interacted with content in recent months.

Naomi Seibt said in an interview with Reuters that after the publication of June 9, Musk sent a private message to her asking for details.

– I explained to him that AFD is not similar to the Nazi ideology or Hitler, but it is like a nineteenth-century liberal nationalist movement because they wanted to be free from authoritarian rulers in their territory- said the 24-year-old, reporting a private exchange between them. She added that the billionaire answered her funny meme.

She also argued that he sent her a few other direct messages with questions about German politics.