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AfD thanks Elon Musk for electoral support and calls for “strong and constructive cooperation”

From La Vanguardia · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Elon Musk congratulated AfD leader Alice Weidel after the party’s result in Saxony-Anhalt, writing “Well done!” on X.
  • AfD candidate Ulrich Siegmund thanked Musk and called for “strong and constructive cooperation” if the party enters government.
  • The article describes Musk as a prominent AfD supporter who has backed the party’s opposition to multiculturalism and immigration and has called it Germany’s last hope.

Elon Musk was among the first prominent figures to congratulate Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany after its result in the Saxony-Anhalt election. The billionaire owner of SpaceX and chief executive of X responded to AfD leader Alice Weidel’s post with two words: “Well done!”

Well done!

· Elon MuskMusk congratulated AfD leader Alice Weidel on the party’s election result in Saxony-Anhalt.

AfD’s lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt, Ulrich Siegmund, then thanked Musk for his backing and asked for closer ties. “Thank you, Elon, for your support and for your clear and extremely important perspective on the political events of our time, including here in Germany,” Siegmund wrote in the same thread. “If we govern, I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to establish strong and constructive cooperation. Germany would once again be a place worth investing in.”

Musk has become one of the figures closest to Weidel’s party as it has grown in German politics. At a campaign event in early 2025, he appeared by video conference, publicly supported AfD and spoke about preserving German culture and values. He also rejected multiculturalism and argued that the far right represented Germany’s only hope.

Thank you, Elon, for your support and for your clear and extremely important perspective on the political events of our time, including here in Germany.

· Ulrich SiegmundThe AfD lead candidate thanked Musk in a post responding to his public support.

On other occasions, Musk has said AfD “opens the way” to a prosperous country that he believes has been reduced to mediocrity and is close to economic and cultural collapse. In an interview with the German newspaper Die Welt, he called the party “the last spark of hope for the country.” Donald Trump has not commented directly on the victory beyond sharing the election results.

If we govern, I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to establish strong and constructive cooperation. Germany would once again be a place worth investing in.

· Ulrich SiegmundSiegmund proposed closer cooperation with Musk if AfD enters government.

The article also highlights Musk’s support for conspiracy theories, including the claim of a great replacement of white people, and his alignment with Trumpism. It says he uses X to attack immigration and echoes the MAGA view that Europe is approaching civilizational collapse because of migration policy.

The last spark of hope for the country.

· Elon MuskMusk used the phrase to describe AfD in an interview with the German newspaper Die Welt.
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Originally published by La Vanguardia in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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