The world’s richest person has heaped praise on the Alternative for Deutschland party in recent weeks ahead of the country’s upcoming election.

After facing backlash for gestures at Trump’s inauguration event and attempts to make Nazi-related puns on X, Elon Musk told supporters of Germany’s far-right AfD party there is “too much of a focus on past guilt.

Meanwhile, thousands of protesters turned out against the AfD across Germany as the European nation prepares to head to legislative elections.

Elon Musk made a surprise appearance during Germany's AfD (Alternative fuer Deutschland) election campaign event in Halle in eastern Germany on Saturday, speaking publicly in support of the far right party for the second time in as many weeks.

Elon Musk participated via video link in the official campaign launch of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, a month before national elections on February 23. Addressing the crowd ahead of lead candidate Alice Weidel's speech,

The world’s richest man set out on a quest to boost the European powerhouse’s far-right opposition.

Also on Saturday, thousands of Germans protested against the rise of the far-right and anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party ahead of a February 23 general election.

Elon Musk's public support for Germany's far-right AfD party has stirred controversy ahead of the country's general election. Speaking via video link at a rally in Halle, Musk praised the party as Germany's "best hope for the future,

Tens of thousands of Germans rallied Saturday against the far right ahead of next month's legislative elections, as US tech billionaire Elon Musk again endorsed the anti-immigrant AfD party.

In December, American billionaire and Trump confidant Elon Musk posted a six-word sentence on his social-media platform, X, that jolted Germany’s political landscape.