Billionaire Elon Musk advocated for the Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) in a newspaper column, prompting the resignation of the publication's opinions editor. Musk argued that Germany is facing collapse and suggested voting for the right-wing AfD as a solution. He also defended the party against accusations of extremism, citing its leader's same-sex relationship.
South African-American billionaire Elon Musk promoted the Alternative fur Deutschland in unambiguous terms in a newspaper column, prompting the publication’s opinions editor to resign in protest.
He wrote, further: “he AfD, even though it is described as far-right, represents a political realism that resonates with many Germans who feel their concerns are ignored by the establishment… Portraying the AfD as far-right is clearly false, considering that Alice Weidel, the party’s leader, has a same-sex partner from Sri Lanka! Does that sound like Hitler to you? Come on!”.
Burgard went on to criticise the AfD for wanting to challenge the status quo and for having views outside of the Berlin mainstream. Mainstream parties who created all the problems Germany presently experiences can definitely be trusted to fix them, the newspaper boss insists, intoning of Musk’s interjection: “Even a genius can be wrong.”to the paper carrying Musk’s piece.
The intervention follows similar involvement in British politics in recent weeks, with Musk offering at least tacit support to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, which is soaring in the polls. This has been met with howls of derision in Britain, and clearly much the same is being felt in Berlin. The likely next Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz of the centre-right CDU called it “intrusive and arrogant”.
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