Elon Musk expressed support for Germany’s right-wing Alternative for Germany party, known as AfD, after a Saudi immigrant allegedly killed at least five people in a Christmas terror attack.
AfD’s popularity has surged as it has called for significant restrictions on immigration to Germany. Since Friday’s attack, AfD members have ramped up criticism of the government for its lax approach to immigration and for failing to heed multiple warning signs about the suspected perpetrator.
“When will this madness end?” AfD co-leader and the party’s chancellor nominee Alice Weidel said in a post on X.
Musk has used his expansive platform on X to support the AfD in Friday’s aftermath, calling the immigration-restrictionist party “the only hope for Germany.” In another post on X, Musk said that
“[The suspect] was obviously a lunatic who should never have been allowed to enter…
