German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took an opportunity on the campaign trail Tuesday to criticize Elon Musk, telling CNN that the US billionaire “is intervening in favor of right-wing politicians all over Europe.
Ahead of Germany’s February election, Musk has been controversially inserting himself into the German election campaign in favor of the far-right party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Speaking to CNN, as he came off stage after an hour’s talk with voters in Berlin, the Chancellor said, “I disagree completely with Elon Musk and what he is doing.”
And this is really disgusting, and it is not good for the democratic development in all (of) the European Union.”.
He has also regularly tweeted his support for the party, calling Scholz “an incompetent fool” on his social media platform.
But it is what Musk said about the German need to move on from its historic guilt over the Holocaust that has particularly irked the Chancellor.
At the event in Halle, Musk also spoke to a feverish crowd in grandiose terms about immigration, pride at being German and the upcoming election. »