Elon Musk’s comments to a far-right party in Germany have raised concerns about the billionaire’s escalating political interference in foreign countries.
Speaking on a large screen in a video address to Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) supporters in Halle, Germany, last weekend, Musk said Germans had “too much focus on past guilt, and we need to move beyond that,” and said children “should not be guilty of the sins of their parents, let alone their great-grandparents,” apparently referencing the country’s Nazi past.
“It’s OK to be proud to be German, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything,” he said, to cheers from the crowd.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Germans protested the AfD in cities across the country, singing anti-fascist songs and carrying banners denouncing the party on the same day as Musk’s speech.