WASHINGTON – Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur and increasingly close ally of President-elect Donald Trump, spoke out on Friday night after a deadly Christmas market attack in Germany. , supported Germany’s far-right party in a series of recent posts.
A driver plows into a crowd in Magdeburg, Germany, killing at least five people and injuring more than 200, authorities said.
Mr. Musk, who is believed to have Mr. Trump’s ear and has become increasingly influential in American politics, is set to become co-head of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency. He is currently intervening in Germany’s election campaign, calling on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to resign, and expressing support for the populist anti-immigrant AfD.
“Mr. Scholz should resign immediately,” Musk wrote on X, adding that he is “an incompetent idiot.”
“Germany’s traditional political parties have completely betrayed the people,” he wrote in another post. “AfD is Germany’s only hope”
The AfD is in second place in opinion polls and could thwart a centre-right or centre-left majority, but Germany’s mainstream, centrist-leaning parties are likely to avoid support from the AfD at the national level. It is clearly stated.
Major European powers are scheduled to vote on February 23, following the collapse of Scholz’s centre-left coalition government.
Musk, the world’s richest man, has already expressed support for other anti-immigration parties across Europe.
The German government said it was keeping an eye on Musk’s posts, but declined to comment further at a regular press conference.
Musk criticized the German government’s handling of illegal immigration last year and had already expressed support for the AfD.
Last month, Musk called for the removal of an Italian judge who questioned the legality of government measures to stop illegal immigration.
And this week, Nigel Farage, leader of Britain’s right-wing Reform UK Party and a friend of President Trump, posted a photo of himself meeting with Musk and the Reform Party’s treasurer at Trump’s Florida residence to discuss financial support. He said he was in talks with Musk.
Contributed by: Reuters
