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Elon Musk Endorses Germany’s Far-Right AfD Party

The MAGA billionaire has already thrown his support behind the U.K.’s Nigel Farage and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni.

Elon Musk endorsed the German far-right party Alternative for Germany ahead of the country’s snap election, sparking criticism as the tech billionaire continues to throw support behind far-right leaders. “Only the AfD can save Germany,” Musk wrote on X. While mainstream German leaders warn of giving power to an extremist right-wing party, Musk has previously expressed support. “Why is there such a negative reaction from some about AfD?” he wrote on X in June. “They keep saying ‘far right,’ but the policies of AfD that I’ve read about don’t sound extremist. Maybe I’m missing something.” While the conservative alliance is expected to handily win the election with 31 percent of the vote, AfD is currently polling in second place at 19 percent, setting it up to potentially be the largest opposition party in parliament. Musk, who gave Trump around a quarter-billion dollars to support his campaign, is reportedly expected to give the U.K.’s Reform Party leader Nigel Farage $100 million. He wouldn’t be able to do the same for AfD because of EU limits on what non-EU residents can donate, but leaders still worry about his possible influence.