🇩🇪Chancellor Olaf Scholz hit back at tech billionaire Elon Musk for attempting to influence the outcome of Germany’s snap election on Feb. 23 by endorsing the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD).
While Scholz did not mention Musk by name, it was clear that he was referring to the X owner. Over the weekend, Musk doubled down on his support for the AfD in an opinion piece in German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.
The endorsement sparked a firestorm in Germany, with the government and politicians across the spectrum accusing Musk of attempting to influence the outcome of the February election.
Musk has launched a series of attacks on German maintream politicians in recent days while praising the AfD. In one post, he referred to Scholz as “Oaf Schitz.” In another, he referred to German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier as an “anti-democratic tyrant.”
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