Shortly after he caused irritation in Berlin with an AfD-friendly post on the online network

After the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg, high-tech billionaire Elon Musk insulted Chancellor Olaf Scholz and called for his resignation. “Scholz should resign immediately,” Musk wrote on the online service X in a series of postings about what happened in Magdeburg. And added: “incompetentidiot” (roughly: incompetent idiot). Musk also shared a comment from a user who described the incident as a direct result of unregulated “mass immigration”.

At least two people were killed and at least 60 other people were injured, 15 of them seriously, in the attack in Magdeburg on Friday evening. The police arrested a doctor from Saudi Arabia who had been living in Germany since 2006 as the suspected perpetrator.

Musk sympathized with the AfD

The comment about Magdeburg came after Musk had already caused considerable irritation in Berlin on Friday morning by writing that only the AfD could save Germany. The AfD bypassed Musk’s statement for advertising purposes. “If you also want to save Germany, then join in and fill out the membership application right away,” the party posted on X.

AfD leader Alice Weidel wrote to Musk in English: “You are absolutely right.” The “socialist Merkel” has “ruined” Germany and the “Soviet European Union” is destroying the economy. In a video recorded later, she thanked Musk and also wished US President Trump all the best for his next term in office.

interference in politics

The entrepreneur, who was appointed government advisor by the future US President Donald Trump, has been commenting on the policies of the US government, but also various governments in Europe, via X for some time now. He uses the online service that he bought two years ago to spread his anti-migrant messages and conspiracy stories worldwide.

Trump has hired Musk to act as an outside adviser to the government to bring about massive cuts in government spending and staff cuts. The alliance between the future president and the head of the Tesla and Space X companies is causing massive criticism and the associated conflicts of interest. The meteoric political rise of the multi-billionaire, who grew up in South Africa and was naturalized in the USA, is unprecedented in US history.