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Politics : The Elon Musk Presidency

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From: kidl1/3/2025 11:57:45 AM
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Musk keeps pushing his extreme right wing agenda in Germany. Why he is doing it remains a mystery as the AfD has no chance of participating in the next coalition government as none of the other parties will team up with them.

Musk and Weidel meet for live talk on X
01/03/2025, 03:07 PM

According to the AfD, Alice Weidel and Elon Musk have not yet had any personal contact, but already call each other by their first names on X.

Elon Musk makes no secret of his support for the AfD. Now the tech billionaire wants to meet with top candidate Alice Weidel for a live conversation on X. The date and time are already known.

AfD leader Alice Weidel and billionaire Elon Musk are expected to meet for talks on January 9 on Musk's platform X, according to AfD. At 7:00 p.m. on this day, a publicly accessible discussion is planned in a so-called X-Space - a format for live conversations, said Weidel's spokesman Daniel Tapp.

"Central topics will be above all freedom of expression and the AfD's ideas for a sustainable Germany," Tapp said of the planned online meeting with Musk. Two days later, Weidel is to be officially elected chancellor candidate at an AfD party conference in Riesa.

An X user had made the suggestion for the conversation with Weidel after Musk had again promoted the AfD in a guest article in the "Welt am Sonntag" and triggered broad discussions and criticism. Later, the billionaire had written to an influencer close to the AfD, who had also commented on the debate: "Wait until Alice and I have an X-Spaces conversation. Then they lose their minds" - provided with two laughing mileys with tears.

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Weidel himself in turn shared Musk's comment on X. Days ago, she had thanked him for his advocacy for the AfD in a "Dear Elon" video. Her spokesman had spoken of a regular exchange between the Weidel team and Team Musk. The Tesla boss had already been interested in the AfD program a few months ago. There has been no personal phone call or meeting between Weidel and him so far.

The spokesman rejected a rumor also spread at X that Weidel could also be in Washington for the inauguration of future US President Donald Trump on January 20. This is not planned due to the scheduling situation in the Bundestag election campaign.

Source: ntv.de, mdi/dpa
(Translated from German)
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