Elon Musk has made headlines once again.
After his recent tweet seemingly derailed the original Continuing Resolution (CR), Musk has now shifted his focus to Europe. His latest comment about Germany has left international leftists in a state of uproar, metaphorically reaching for their fainting couches and summoning Jeeves for smelling salts.
The tweet came in response to a video shared on X by Naomi Seibt, a young German YouTuber often referred to as the “anti-Greta Thunberg.” In the video, Seibt criticizes Germany’s presumptive chancellor, Friedrich Merz, for refusing to collaborate with the “Germany First” AfD party. Musk responded with just five words:
Only the AfD can save Germany https://t.co/Afu0ea1Fvt
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 20, 2024
You’d think Elon Musk had proposed canceling Christmas and Kwanzaa and redistributing all the gifts to Jewish children, judging by the globalist outrage his tweet provoked. Here’s a glimpse at the headlines flooding in from around the world:
“Outrage as Elon Musk claims ‘only AfD can save Germany’” (The Guardian)
“Backlash builds as Elon Musk endorses Germany’s far right” (Politico EU)
“Anger after Musk backs German far right” (France 24)
“Musk Pauses Torment of GOP to Praise German Extremists” (New York Magazine)
The backlash is monumental.
NBC’s propagandists chimed in with their own take on Musk’s controversial endorsement:
Elon Musk waded into Germany’s election Friday, expressing his support for a far-right anti-immigrant and anti-Islam party that’s being monitored by the country’s domestic intelligence agency.
It seems Germany may have its own version of a Deep State, doesn’t it?
Let’s delve into what Musk is actually supporting here. Is the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) truly the second coming of Adolf Hitler? (Though, based on their overt backing of groups like Hamas, one might question if the modern left would even take issue with that comparison.)
On its official website, under the headline “COURAGE FOR GERMANY. FREE CITIZENS, NOT SUBJECTS,” AfD describes itself as follows:
We are liberals and conservatives. We are free citizens of our country. We are convinced democrats.
So, what does AfD represent?
As free citizens, we stand up for direct democracy, the separation of powers and the rule of law, the social market economy, subsidiarity, federalism, the family and the living tradition of German culture. Because democracy and freedom are based on shared cultural values and historical memories. In the tradition of the two revolutions of 1848 and 1989, with our civil protest we articulate the will to complete national unity in freedom and to create a Europe of sovereign democratic states that are bound together in peace, self-determination and good neighborliness.
We are committed to fundamentally renewing our country in the spirit of freedom and democracy and to restoring these principles. We are open to the world, but we want to be and remain German. We want to permanently preserve human dignity, the family with children, our Western Christian culture, our language and tradition in a peaceful, democratic and sovereign nation state of the German people.
AfD is essentially the closest thing to a German version of the MAGA movement. While they’re European and not quite as MAGA-oriented, they remain the most promising party to address the challenges facing the country with Europe’s largest economy. The criticisms leveled against AfD are strikingly similar to those that have been aimed at Donald Trump for years—with questionable results for their critics.
The global left is increasingly nervous about Donald Trump’s potential second term, Elon Musk’s expanding political influence, and the rise of strong conservative leaders like Giorgia Meloni and Marine Le Pen. European governments are frequently unstable, yet the left continues to employ the same tactics that led to their significant defeat in the U.S. on November 5th.
Germany is expected to hold elections on February 23 to replace the leftist government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, which collapsed earlier this week.
