Elon Musk, billionaire tech magnate turned potential US government official, has ignited controversy in Europe after publicly endorsing Germany’s populist-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

On December 20, Musk reposted a video by German right-wing influencer Naomi Seibt on X and captioned it with: “Only AfD can save Germany.”

His endorsement drew immediate backlash, with Thierry Breton, former EU Commissioner for the Internal Market, accusing Musk of foreign interference.

“A few weeks before the next elections in Germany and at the time of the heinous attack in Magdeburg, Elon Musk — the world’s top influencer on X and a potential member of the future US administration — openly supports the far-right AfD party. Isn’t this the very definition of foreign interference?,” he said on December 21.