Summary
Germany accused Elon Musk of trying to influence its February 2024 election by endorsing the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) through social media posts and a commentary in Welt am Sonntag.
Musk praised the AfD’s positions on regulation and taxes, calling them Germany’s saviors.
His actions sparked backlash, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz calling it unprecedented interference and SPD leader Saskia Esken vowing to resist influence from wealthy elites.
The Welt editor who published Musk’s piece resigned, while the AfD, polling second, remains shunned by mainstream parties.
He most certainly is. What are you going to do about it?
Nothing, apart from pointing it out.
Musk was free to express his opinion, the spokesperson added. “After all, freedom of opinion also covers the greatest nonsense.”
Why not elect his preferred candidate and allow him to rule by proxy?
Very funny that Brazil is basically the only country so far with the balls to have stood up to this loser
What did they do?
Well His stupid comments and interference aren’t against the law here
They removed all the good porn accounts. 😔
Have you seen videos from Brazil? Everyone’s either an undercover cop or an assassin about to shoot at an undercover cop, at any given moment.
Compared to that, what could muskrat threaten them with?
