Elon's "Mask-Off" Moment

Billionaire Openly Endorses Far-Right “Alternative für Deutschland”

On December 20th Elon Musk tweeted “Only the AfD can save Germany” (“Alternative für Deutschland”, AfD) and shared a video from far-right activist Naomi Seibt. When he received pushback from his endorsement of the AfD, Musk would then make the bizarre claim that the party’s platform was identical to the Obama-era Democratic party.

Hours later an AfD supporter drove a car into a Christmas market in the German town of Magdeburg. Musk would again tweet “Only AfD can save Germany”.

The AfD is a far-right populist party that has seen gradual growth in membership and political representation over the past decade. Once considered a fringe party within German politics, the AfD has achieved electoral success in local parliamentary elections in Germany and holds roughly 10% of the seats in the German Bundestag. The party is known for its staunch opposition to imm…