Backlash builds as Elon Musk endorses Germany’s far right – POLITICO - Lemmy.World

Elon Musk is backing the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), triggering an outcry in Berlin in the run-up to a critical snap election. “Only the AfD can save Germany,” the billionaire X owner wrote [https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1869986946031988780] on the platform on Friday in the latest of a series of endorsements of European far-right parties. Musk has recently supported European populist-right politicians in increasingly clear terms, including Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni [https://www.politico.eu/article/precious-genius-elon-musk-love-bombs-beautiful-giorgia-meloni-global-citizens-award-un/]and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage [https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-nigel-farage-brexit-britain-reform-donald-trump/]. Earlier this week, Farage boasted that Musk is “right behind” him — and raised the prospect that the tech tycoon would financially back his Reform UK party.