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NPR: Elon Musk's latest foray into politics: a live chat with Germany's far-right candidate
NPR - Elon Musk's latest foray into politics: a live chat with Germany's far-right candidate
Updated January 10, 2025
4:50 PM ET
BERLIN — Roughly 200,000 users logged onto the social media platform X on Thursday to listen to the world's richest man court Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate for the far-right Alternative for Germany party.
Elon Musk's recent endorsement of the party, known by its German initials AfD, and Thursday's heavily publicized livestreamed chat have infuriated Germany's other political parties as they campaign for elections slated for Feb. 23.
After working to help elect Donald Trump, and gaining a new role over U.S. government efficiency, tech billionaire Musk has gone on a tear on X criticizing and insulting European leaders — from the United Kingdom to Germany, France and others — causing alarm among politicians, while winning applause from some including Italy's prime minister.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy take their DOGE government efficiency pitch to the Hill
At the start of the livestream, Musk introduced Weidel as "the leading candidate to run Germany," even though she has little chance of becoming chancellor. While the AfD is polling in second place, no other political party is willing to govern in coalition with it.
Musk had only words of praise for the politician.
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Updated January 10, 2025
4:50 PM ET
BERLIN — Roughly 200,000 users logged onto the social media platform X on Thursday to listen to the world's richest man court Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate for the far-right Alternative for Germany party.
Elon Musk's recent endorsement of the party, known by its German initials AfD, and Thursday's heavily publicized livestreamed chat have infuriated Germany's other political parties as they campaign for elections slated for Feb. 23.
After working to help elect Donald Trump, and gaining a new role over U.S. government efficiency, tech billionaire Musk has gone on a tear on X criticizing and insulting European leaders — from the United Kingdom to Germany, France and others — causing alarm among politicians, while winning applause from some including Italy's prime minister.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy take their DOGE government efficiency pitch to the Hill
At the start of the livestream, Musk introduced Weidel as "the leading candidate to run Germany," even though she has little chance of becoming chancellor. While the AfD is polling in second place, no other political party is willing to govern in coalition with it.
Musk had only words of praise for the politician.
/snip
I fucking HATE German and South African Nazis...
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