Elon Musk speaks with German far-right leader [Video]

WARSAW, Poland –

Tech billionaire Elon Musk livestreamed his chat with a leader of Germany’s far-right party on Thursday, using the power of his social media platform, X, to amplify the party’s message ahead of an upcoming national election — and raising concerns across Europe about the world’s richest man trying to influence foreign politics.

Musk, who worked last year to help reelect Donald Trump in the United States, told Alice Weidel, a co-leader of the Alternative for Germany party and its candidate for chancellor, that he was “strongly recommending that people vote for AfD,” using the party’s acronym. More than 200,000 X accounts tuned into the livestream.

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Musk and Weidel agreed that Germany’s taxes are too high, that there is too much immigration, and that it was a mistake for the country to shut down nuclear …