“Anti-democratic tyrant”
Musk insults Federal President Steinmeier on X
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Tesla boss Elon Musk has been causing unrest in German politics for days. First he called Olaf Scholz a “fool”, now he is also dishing it out against the Federal President. There will soon be a personal exchange with AfD leader Alice Weidel.
After Chancellor Olaf Scholz, tech billionaire Elon Musk also insulted Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. “Steinmeier is an anti-democratic tyrant. Shame on him,” Musk, who is also designated government advisor to future US President Donald Trump, wrote in English on X. Musk responded to a post by German, far-right influencer Naomi Seibt.
Musk had previously caused offense in Germany with election advertising for the AfD, which the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution observed as a suspected right-wing extremist case and in some cases classified as proven right-wing extremist. This was spread except on X. Musk also published a guest article in the newspaper “Welt am Sonntag”. Musk had previously insulted Chancellor Scholz as a “fool”.
Weidel and Musk “in exchange”
As “Spiegel” reported on Tuesday, Musk has long been in close contact with AfD leader Alice Weidel's entourage. “The Weidel team is in regular contact with the Musk team,” the magazine quoted Weidel’s spokesman Daniel Tapp as saying. He also announced that Musk and Weidel would have a conversation soon. “We are already in discussions about an X-Space between the two,” he said. This would be a live broadcast on X.
Musk brought the idea into play himself. “Wait until Alice and I have an X-Spaces conversation. Then they'll lose their minds,” he wrote to an influencer close to the AfD who had also commented on the debate. Weidel herself shared Musk's comment on
Musk, who massively supported the right-wing populist Trump in the US election campaign and himself represents ultra-right positions, is to be given a position in the new US government to cut government spending.
