The billionaire tech entrepreneur has cast the far-right party as moderate, but many in Berlin beg to differ.

Political leaders have shunned the Alternative for Germany. But on his social media platform X, Mr. Musk is pitching the party as mainstream.

AfD is also focused on ending Germany's policy of atonement for World War Two crimes. Its leading candidate for the European Parliament election resigned from the party in May amid public outcry, after declaring that members of the SS,

After pouring $260 million to help Trump get re-elected, the billionaire X owner is now training his eyes on Europe.

In a conversation with AfD leader Alice Weidel on X, Musk concurred with her assertion that Adolf Hitler was a communist and pushed disinformation about migrants coming into the US.

The tech billionaire has faced a vocal backlash after backing far-right movement shunned by mainstream parties

The publicity was a potential boon for AfD, which has been frozen out of mainstream politics in part because its leaders have downplayed Nazi atrocities.

As flames engulf swaths of Los Angeles, Elon Musk is wielding X to stoke partisan outrage and conspiracy theories about the disaster.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk livestreamed his chat with a leader of Germany's far-right party on Thursday, using the power of his social media platform, X, to amplify the party's message ahead of an upcoming national election — and raising concerns across Europe about the world's richest man trying to influence foreign politics.

Billionaire Elon Musk again voiced his strong endorsement of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in a live talk with AfD politician Alice Weidel.