US EditionElon Musk Chats With German Far-Right Leader, Amplifying Party’s Message Ahead of Election
- Elon Musk urged German voters to support the far-right Alternative for Germany party during a livestream with Alice Weidel, the party's candidate for Chancellor.
- More than 190,000 X accounts tuned into the chat, where Musk warned that failing to vote for the AfD would lead to worsening conditions in Germany.
- Musk's political involvement has raised concerns across Europe, with leaders like Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez accusing him of undermining democracy.
- Polls indicate that the AfD has become the second-most popular party in Germany, reflecting growing support for far-right views across Europe.
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The European Union looks into a sort of digital abyss. In the space of a few days it has seen how from the United States the lace of American social networks has been dynamite on European soil. First it was the trillionary owner of X, Elon Musk, who has attacked several European leaders head-on and now tries to influence the next German elections by promoting on its platform the Alternativa ultra-right party for Germany. Then, in a surprising tu…
Why is multi-billionaire Elon Musk and the German Springer publishing house backing the far-right Alternative for Germany?
Multi-billionaire and Trump confidant Elon Musk is continuing his campaign of support for the Alternative for Germany (AfD). After announcing on X that only the AfD could save Germany, he held a long conversation with AfD Chairwoman Alice Weidel on X on Thursday evening, which was followed by an audience of up to 210,000.
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