They laughed, chatted like buddies and agreed on nearly every little thing.
If there was any doubt that Elon Musk’s coronary heart lies on the far proper of German politics, that disappeared throughout this dialog.
Musk was unequivocal in his help. “I’m strongly recommending that the individuals of Germany vote for AfD,” he stated. “That is merely the wise transfer. Nothing outrageous is being proposed – simply frequent sense.”
He added: “Solely the AfD can save Germany – I need to be clear about that – solely the AfD can save Germany.”
He predicted president-elect Donald Trump would clear up the battle in Ukraine “in a short time” as a result of “lots of of 1000’s of individuals” have died – and decried the European Union for monitoring the X broadcast of his dialog with AfD’s co-leader Alice Weidel.
“If individuals are fed propaganda, you do not have a correct democracy – you want free speech to make an knowledgeable vote,” he stated. “Whoever desires to close down freedom of speech, they’re the dangerous guys.”
The EU, for what it is price, thinks they’re the nice guys who’re making an attempt to forestall the unfold of propaganda.
Musk, and his firm X, are already subject to legal proceedings alleging his social media website has abused its dominant place.
They talked about whether or not the AfD had been demonised by its critics and each went to pains to assert that the expression “far proper” was a concoction of the mainstream media.
Musk awkwardly talked about one thing about reminiscences of Nazism, earlier than trailing off, however Weidel jumped in, saying that she needed to “shed some gentle”.
Her argument was, remarkably, that Adolf Hitler was not really a far proper dictator in spite of everything however as an alternative “a socialist, communist man” who had exploited “the envy in opposition to Jewish individuals”.
“We’re a libertarian, conservative celebration, however we’re wrongly framed on a regular basis,” Weidel stated.
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She blamed Angela Merkel for wasteful inexperienced laws and a flawed power coverage, for ushering in a interval of excessive migration that she linked to criminality on the streets. “The crime charge is rocketing,” she stated.
She additionally claimed Germany had a “wokeish, liberal schooling system and all youngsters study is gender research”. Ah, replied Musk, “so the woke thoughts virus has contaminated Germany fairly badly”.
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The dialog meandered from Ukraine to Israel, from migration to Mars, and to a barely unclear dialogue about whether or not God existed.
The promise to have questions from the viewers, which was at one level nicely above 200,000, was ignored.
“It was fantastic listening to you,” stated Weidel on the finish. Musk chuckled, thanked her, and hung up.
