Musk has emerged as a fervent supporter of Alternative for Germany, a far-right, anti-immigrant party that is polling in second place ahead of Germany's parliamentary election.
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Germany Election Results: Center-Right Leader Declares Victory—And Elon Musk-Boosted AfD CelebratesTrump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made historic gains.
Elon Musk endorsed AfD, an anti-immigration party that just won the most support of any far-right party since World War II.
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Elon Musk issues ultimatum, Germany moves to the right and Pope Francis is in critical condition: Weekend RundownFederal employees received emails asking them to justify their work. And Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he’s willing to resign for peace.
The racist, far-right, pro-Russia AfD— founded in 2013 as an anti-European Union party—is an outlier even among Europe’s nationalist parties. One senior leader has been twice convicted of using banned Nazi slogans; the party has also been under observation by the German domestic intelligence agency for suspected extremism.
Germans go to the polls Sunday. Chancellor Scholz's Social Democrats are likely to lose to the conservative CDU party, as the right-wing Alternative for Germany party is likely to make gains.
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Elon Musk appears be to turning off potential Tesla buyers with his embrace of far-right politicians around the world, analysts say, and the hit couldn't come at a worse time.
Well, of course not. But Germany's accidental chancellor has a crucial role to play in history, like it or not
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