Musk whitewashes and asks for the vote for the German far-right in a talk with its leader broadcast on X

Alice Weidelco-leader and candidate for chancellor of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), presented her party this Thursday as a “conservative” and “libertarian” organization in a talk followed by some 200,000 users on the social network owner of that application, Elon Musk.

“We are a libertarian conservative party. At least we see ourselves that way”Weidel said during the talk, in which she complained that the AfD is “singled as right-wing extremists” and thanked the businessman for the opportunity to offer her “a normal conversation” in which she was not “presented in an extremely negative way” as It usually happens in the media.

Despite Weidel’s definition of the AfD, This party is considered a “safe case of extreme right” in several German states. by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the name given to the Interior intelligence services in Germany, a point that was ignored in the talk with Musk, who reiterated his support for the far-right group.

“I recommend voting for AfD if you are unhappy with the situation”, Musk pointed out during the talk, as stated Efe. Musk is accused by the main political leaders of interference for his explicit support for the far-right party in the middle of the election campaign.

“I think Alice Weidel is a very reasonable person and that can be seen in this conversation,” added Musk, who together with the AfD candidate for chancellor criticized the energy, immigration and educational policies of the governments of the current chancellor, the social democrat. Olaf Scholz, and its predecessor, the Christian Democrat Angela Merkel.

Musk confronted European leaders

Musk arrived at his talk with Weidel this Thursday after having faced numerous European leaders, such as the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer; the french president, Emmanuel Macronofficials of the German Government or the European Commission, who have accused the owner of X of interfering in the German electoral campaign.

Weidel and Musk, in fact, alluded to the “150 bureaucrats” who, while they spoke, observed whether this Thursday’s talk could violate the Digital Services Law of the European Union, a circumstance that served both to vindicate the ” freedom of expression.”

Weidelafter inviting Musk to talk about whether the AfD was extreme right, criticized National Socialism and ‘Führer’ Adolf Hitlerto whom far-right politics called “communist”.

“Hitler considered himself a socialist. The state founded companies, asked for large amounts of taxes, nationalized entire industries,” said Weidel, before presenting the AfD as “the only party that protects Jews in Germany.”

Criticism of Merkel

Both Weidel and Musk gave an account in the talk, at times marked by the relaxed nature and laughter of both, of their support for Israel in the Middle East and the need for the Palestinian populations to be prosperous in addition to their desire for the war in Ukraine ends as soon as possible after the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States, on January 20.

“Many people in Germany are anxious for many reasons. This conflict can escalate and end in a nuclear conflict”said Weidel, who regretted that, in his opinion, European leaders lack a strategy to confront the threat posed by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

La líder de AfD cargó igualmente contra las políticas migratorias de Angela Merkel, a la que acusó de “abrir las fronteras de Alemania con inmigración ilegal” y hasta de ser la “primera canciller ecologista” del país.

Asimismo, Weidel criticó el abandono de la energía nuclear tras el cierre del grifo del gas natural ruso por el inicio de la guerra en Ucrania y la inacción de anteriores Ejecutivos ante una ingente burocracia ahora reconocida como un lastre para la economía y el haber desarrollado un sistema educativo “socialista”.