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After Saxony-Anhalt Election, Elon Musk Congratulates AfD on Victory

From Die Zeit · () German

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

At a glance

News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Elon Musk wrote “Well done!” on X in response to AfD leader Alice Weidel’s message celebrating Ulrich Siegmund’s victory in Saxony-Anhalt.
  • Siegmund thanked Musk and said he welcomed strong, constructive cooperation if the AfD took responsibility in the state.
  • Former U.S. ambassador Richard Grenell also congratulated the AfD, while Donald Trump posted an uncaptioned screenshot of the preliminary result.

“Well done!” Elon Musk wrote on X after the AfD’s victory in Saxony-Anhalt, congratulating the party in response to a post by its co-leader Alice Weidel celebrating leading candidate Ulrich Siegmund.

Well done!

· Elon MuskHis reaction on X to the AfD’s election victory in Saxony-Anhalt.

Siegmund thanked Musk for his “support.” Writing in English, the AfD politician said that if his party took responsibility, he would welcome “a strong and constructive cooperation,” adding that Germany would then again be a place worth investing in. He signed off with greetings from Saxony-Anhalt.

Musk, the owner of X and the world’s wealthiest man, has openly sympathized with the AfD for years. He campaigned for the party on his platform before Germany’s 2025 federal election and appeared by video at one of its campaign launches. In 2024, he wrote that only the AfD could “save Germany.”

support

· Ulrich SiegmundSiegmund thanked Musk for his backing.

Richard Grenell, the former U.S. ambassador to Germany, also congratulated the AfD on X. “A great victory and a new day in Germany,” wrote Grenell, who served in Berlin from 2018 to 2020 and maintains close ties with Donald Trump. Trump himself has so far only posted a screenshot of the preliminary result without comment.

a strong and constructive cooperation

· Ulrich SiegmundHis proposed cooperation with Musk if the AfD took responsibility in Saxony-Anhalt.

The article also notes the AfD’s longstanding ties with Trump’s political circle. Weidel has described Trump as a role model, while Musk previously promoted the AfD as a close adviser to Trump and continues to support figures from the far-right and right-populist spectrum. Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitriev also praised what he called a “historic victory for the pragmatic AfD” in a comment on Trump’s post.

A great victory and a new day in Germany

· Richard GrenellGrenell’s congratulatory message to the AfD.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. 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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