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Elon Musk promotes Alternative for Germany candidate X


Elon Musk X used his social network to promote Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party, known as the AfD, and on Thursday hosted a live debate with party leader Alice Weidel, a candidate for chancellor, ahead of the February 23 general election.

“I really recommend that people vote for the AfD,” Musk, who is the CEO, said Tesla and in addition to SpaceX’s role in X, he said about half an hour into the interview. “That’s my strong recommendation.”

The AfD has been classified as a “suspected extremist organization” by Germany’s domestic intelligence services. The party’s platform calls for tougher asylum laws, mass deportations, cuts to social and welfare assistance in Germany and the rollback of restrictions on combustion engine vehicles.

Thierry Breton, former commissioner for the European Union’s internal market, said on January 4 publish in X To Weidel: “As a European citizen responsible for the proper use of the systemic platforms authorized to operate in the EU… especially to protect our democratic rules against illegal or wrongdoing during election time, I think it is essential to remind you” Live discussions on X AfD and Weidel It would give you a “significant and valuable advantage over your competitors.”

Although the AfD has gathered around 20% of public support, the German channel DW reports that the party is unlikely to form a coalition government, as most other parties have vowed not to work with it.

AfD they protested before Construction of Tesla’s electric vehicle factory outside Berlin, in part because the factory would employ non-German citizens.

Musk’s previous AfD assertions, including tweets praising the party and an editorial in a German newspaper, have angered European government officials. Musk, the world’s richest person, has also endorsed far-right and anti-establishment candidates and causes in the UK.

Including political leaders in France, Germany, Norway, Spain and the UK complain its influence, as NBC News previously reported, warned that Musk should not participate in elections in his countries.

Musk, who was one of the presidential candidates Donald Trump’s major backers in the November election, had previously endorsed Trump during X’s live debate. Before that, he arranged an interview with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who lost to Trump in the Republican primary.

In Thursday’s interview, Weidel asked Musk what Trump could do to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, which he suggested the president-elect could do quickly.

“To be clear, it’s up to President Trump, he’s the commander and chief, so it’s up to him,” Musk said. “I don’t want to speak for him, but you know I think there is a way to a solution, but it takes strong leadership in the U.S. to get there.”

Musk also weighed in on what should be done in Gaza, which has been under Israeli attack since Hamas invaded Israel on October 7, 2023.

“There is no choice but to eliminate those who want to eliminate the state of Israel, you know Hamas basically,” Musk said. “Then the second step is to fix education so that Palestinians are not trained from childhood to hate and want the death of Israel.”

“Then, the third thing, which is also very important, is to make the Palestinian areas prosperous.”

Broadly speaking, that is full of misinformationMusk asked Weidel to address concerns among German voters that his party is far-right.

As Frontline previously reported, some AfD leaders have sought to downplay or deny the horrors of Nazi Germany to some party supporters. The party still campaigns for anti-immigrant sentiment and promotes ethno-nationalist views.

In response to Musk’s question about how others see the AfD, Weidel defined Adolf Hitler as a “communist” who was the “opposite” of a right-wing, libertarian or conservative. Musk agreed.

– CNBC Sophie Kiderlin contributed to this report.

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