Elon Musk lavishes praise on Germany’s far right co-leader

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  Co-leader of Germany’s far-right AfD calls for mass deportations

  Alice Weidel promises “repatriations on a large scale” in speech to party faithful
  
  Financial Times - 5d
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  Elon Musk and Far-Right German Leader Agree ‘Hitler Was a Communist’

  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.
  
  Wired - Jan. 9
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  Elon Musk boosts German far right party with live event on X

  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.
  
  NBC News - Jan. 9
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  Elon Musk Is Trying to Break Germany’s Quarantine on the Far-Right AfD

  Political leaders have shunned the Alternative for Germany. But on his social media platform X, Mr. Musk is pitching the party as mainstream.
  
  The New York Times - Jan. 9
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  Elon Musk to host chat with German far-right leader, adding to fears of his political meddling

  Tech billionaire Elon Musk is preparing to host a live-streamed chat on his social media platform X with a leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party
  
  ABC News - Jan. 9

• Musk is courting the far right in Germany — and there's not much European leaders can do about it

  European leaders have raised concerns about Elon Musk interfering with Germany's elections as he plans to host a chat with far-right leader Alice Weidel on X.
  
  CNBC - Jan. 9
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  As Elon Musk Embraces the Far Right, Some of Its Leaders Reject Him

  Mr. Musk has fallen out with prominent right-wing Americans who say they are worried that their agenda may be sidelined in favor of his own — and that he is willing to silence them on X.
  
  The New York Times - Jan. 8
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  Vance shares Musk op-ed backing Germany's far-right party

  Vice President-elect JD Vance has shared Elon Musk's op-ed supporting the far-right German political party Alternative for Germany (AfD), while the German government has accused Musk of trying to ...
  
  The Hill - Jan. 2

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