Germany, Elon Musk

How Elon Musk used X to amplify Germany’s far right ahead of election
Elon Musk has shown no qualms about weighing in on this weekend’s German election. Since endorsing the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party — declaring on Dec. 20 that “only the AfD can save Germany” — the billionaire White House appointee has posted about the party and its leader more than 70 times on his social media site X,
How Elon Musk got involved in Germany's election
STORY: While Elon Musk is playing a central role in the U.S. government as head of President Donald Trump's task force to slash government spending, the world’s richest person has also weighed in prominently on politics in Germany.
Elon Musk wants the far right AfD to win the German election - here’s how he became their champion
When a young German anti-climate activist nicknamed the “anti-Greta Thunberg” began flattering tech billionaire Elon Musk on X, few could have foreseen it leading to the tech billionaire wholeheartedly endorsing Germany’s far-right.
Elon Musk, JD Vance haven’t boosted far right ahead of German election
After the highly unusual U.S. interventions, the AfD remains in second place heading into Germany’s federal election on Sunday.
Fact check: How Elon Musk is meddling in German elections
Trump confidant and tech billionaire Elon Musk openly supports the German far-right AfD party and continues to spread false and misleading claims about elections on his platform X.Elon Musk, a tech billionaire turned adviser to US President Donald Trump who has spread a lot of mis- and disinformation during the US election campaign,
‘Heil Tesla’: Elon Musk’s salute projected onto carmaker’s factory in Germany
An image of Elon Musk making the gesture during his speech at U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration was projected onto Tesla's Gigafactory in Berlin-Brandenburg.
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Elon Musk Controversial Salute Image Beamed on Tesla Factory in Berlin
Gabe Whisnant is Deputy Weekend Editor at Newsweek based in South Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor ...
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Elon Musk’s Jewish problem
The world’s richest man has adopted an approach to Jews informed and augmented by the far-right, with seemingly contradictory ...
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How Elon Musk is helping Germany's far-right AfD party go mainstream
Elon Musk is flexing his political power ... He has a lot of money. He has a huge factory in Germany," Arzheimer said. "He has got many other commercial interests, so he's increasingly seen ...
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Elon Musk tells German far-right crowd the nation should move beyond "past guilt" ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day
London — Elon Musk made a surprise videolink appearance at a campaign event for Germany's far-right Alternative ... of the Nazi salute onto a Tesla factory outside Berlin. Musk made the ...
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Elon Musk addresses far-right crowd in Germany after backlash over salutes, Nazi puns
On the heels of the backlash to his gestures at a Donald Trump inauguration event and his attempts to make Nazi-related jokes on X, Elon Musk told supporters of Germany’s far-right party on ...
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Elon Musk speaks at Germany’s AfD campaign launch as thousands protest the far-right party
American tech billionaire Elon Musk made a surprise address at the campaign launch for Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as thousands of people gathered across the country to ...
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Germany: Polarization in Grünheide, village of German Tesla factory
Germany - Grünheide, a town in the federal state of Brandenburg (east) that houses the European electric car factory of Tesla ...