Musk has been amplifying right-wing, anti-immigration voices on X for years and has already questioned criticism aimed at the AfD back in June. In September 2023, he denounced Germany for giving money to charities and rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.

Elon Musk was blasted by German and U.S. lawmakers for backing a German far-right political party on X, formerly Twitter on Thursday.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday said freedom of opinion "also applies to multi-billionaires," after Elon Musk said that only the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) can 'save' the country.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz rejected Elon Musk's claim that only the far-right AfD can save Germany. Scholz stressed that freedom of opinion applies to everyone, including billionaires. With his coalition in disarray and an early election approaching,

Elon Musk, billionaire entrepreneur and incoming adviser to President-elect Trump, publicly called for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to resign. Musk's comments followed reports of an incident at a German Christmas market.

Germany's Olaf Scholz has dismissed an assertion by Elon Musk, who said that a far-right party can “save Germany'. Germany is set to vote in an early election in February next year following the collapse of Scholz's three-party governing coalition collapsed last month.

In the wake of the tragic attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, which resulted in multiple fatalities and injuries, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has publicly called for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to resign.

Only the AfD can save Germany,” Elon Musk wrote, referencing the far-right anti-immigrant and anti-Islam party in Europe’s largest country.

The AfD became the first party considered by many to be far-right to come out victorious in a state election in Germany since the World War II, when it won Brandenburg in September.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man with $430 billion in personal wealth, became an advisor to president-elect Donald Trump a few months ago. Now he is something more. Politicians and the media now refer to him as the “shadow president,” “co-president” or even call him “president Musk.”