Trump ally Elon Musk is facing criticism for endorsing Germany's far-fight Alternative for Germany political party ahead of the country's upcoming elections. MSNBC's Ali Velshi discusses Musk's meddling in overseas politics with fmr. U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul.
Alarm bells sounded last week when Vice President-elect JD Vance and Trump adviser Elon Musk praised the far-right German party Alternative for Deutschland , just weeks before that country’s snap national elections are scheduled to take place.
Even other European far- right parties have disavowed the party as too extreme. In May, the far-right coalition in the European Parliament expelled the AfD after its leading candidate stated that not all Nazi SS were criminals. On Dec. 20, an AfD supporter, a doctor and self-described “former Muslim” who was angry at the “Islamification” of Germany, drove his car into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, killing five, including a 9-year-old girl, and injuring dozens.
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