God! Martians! A “communist” Hitler! It was heavy on oddness and light on policy as the X owner and the AfD co-leader hit it off.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is preparing to host a live-streamed chat on his social media platform X with a leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party.

Musk had been plugging the chat with the AfD (Alternative for Germany) co-leader Alice Weidel for days, and given his recent penchant for right-wing views—and public backing of the party —it was hardly a surprise that the pair hit it off.

The U.S. tech billionaire said on Thursday's X livestream that he was "strongly recommending that people vote for AfD."

AfD is also focused on ending Germany's policy of atonement for World War Two crimes. Its leading candidate for the European Parliament election resigned from the party in May amid public outcry, after declaring that members of the SS,

In a live online talk with US billionaire Elon Musk, the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Alice Weidel, accused former German chancellor Angela Merkel of having "ruined, basically,

Political leaders have shunned the Alternative for Germany. But on his social media platform X, Mr. Musk is pitching the party as mainstream.

More than 60 German and Austrian academic organizations say they will leave the messaging platform X owned by Elon Musk. The German government has also voiced fears that the platform is warping political discourse.

The EU is concerned over Elon Musk’s increasing involvement in far-right politics in Germany, the U.K. and elsewhere. Experts argue the tech billionaire will exploit increased polarization for economic and political gain.

Elon Musk hosted an interview on Thursday with Alice Weidel, chancellor candidate for Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, ahead of the country’s February national election. Watch this report for more details!

Why does it matter that Elon Musk has just thrown his wealth and influence behind the AfD, a hitherto obscure German party of the extreme Right?