Elon Musk has taken his support for Germany’s far-right party to the next level by having a live chat with its leader, Alice Weidel.
The 74-minute debate included energy policy, German bureaucracy, Adolf Hitler, Mars, and the meaning of life.
The tech billionaire has strongly advised Germans to support Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in the next elections.
The interview, conducted in English, was arguably as much a chance for the AfD to reach international audiences via Musk’s X platform.
Knowing of his close relationship with Donald Trump, Alice Weidel made sure to express her support for the U.S president-elect and his team.
She insisted her party was conservative and libertarian but had been “negatively framed” by mainstream media as extremist.
Sections of the AfD have been officially classed as right-wing extremist by German authorities.
During the conversation, Weidel declared that Hitler had in fact been a “communist”, despite the notable anti-communism of the Nazi leader, who invaded the Soviet Union.
“He wasn’t a conservative,” she said. “He wasn’t a libertarian. He was this communist, socialist guy.”
She also described Hitler as an “antisemitic socialist”.
