The Hill reports:
Vice President-elect JD Vance took to the social platform X on Thursday to share an op-ed by Elon Musk in which the tech mogul expressed support for the far-right German political party Alternative for Germany, or AfD.
Quoting Musk’s English version of the opinion piece, Vance said it was an “interesting piece.” The paper’s commentary editor resigned in protest of the op-ed, and the German government on Monday accused Musk of trying to influence its February election.
Musk, who first backed the AfD in December last year, defended his efforts to get involved in Germany’s politics, saying he has the “right” to do so because he has “made significant investments” in the country’s technological and industrial sectors.
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I’m not endorsing a party in the German elections, as it’s not my country and we hope to have good relations with all Germans. But this is an interesting piece.
Also interesting; American media slanders AfD as Nazi-lite, But AfD is most popular in the same areas of Germany that… https://t.co/rFXek7QNCn
— JD Vance (@JDVance) January 2, 2025
AfD was too extreme for Le Pen and the french far-right, because they’re a nazi party.
also that’s just straight up not-true, the AfD is actually most popular in places that supported hitler pic.twitter.com/EjusCB1ceM
— sam (@sam_d_1995) January 2, 2025
Just a few quotes from AfD politicians. But they are not Nazis 🤡 And no, the AfD does not have a majority in Germany.
But Nazis like you support Nazis like the AfD. MAGA and AfD have one thing in common: They are the parties with the most criminals in their ranks. pic.twitter.com/nFF9kkiGWo— Stray Cat (@Thinking_O_Loud) January 2, 2025
At one point @JDVance compared Trump to Hitler, now he’s telling Germany the AfD isn’t like Hitler?https://t.co/xmBd0WlHTg pic.twitter.com/E2NScR7Rxe
— everythingism (@_everythingism) January 2, 2025