Amid ongoing efforts by the establishment to ban the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party from the upcoming German elections (in the name of democracy?), Billionaire Elon Musk has waded deeper into the politics of this declining nation, in an effort to protect his "significant investments".

A week after he stated on X that “only the AfD can save Germany”, he has penned a supportive op-ed for the country’s Welt am Sonntag newspaper... prompting the resignation of the paper's editor.

The initial six word post on X was enough to prompt much wailing and gnashing of teeth among Europe's cognoscenti, but this op-ed appears to have ratcheted up the panic to '11'.

First things first, this is not a direct op-ed as one might comprehend it as it's title clearly highlights: "Why Elon Musk is betting on the AfD – and why he is wrong"

Welt editor-in-chief Jan Philipp Burgard  is careful to remind readers (multiple times) that:

"The AfD is in parts xenophobic and anti-Semitic. That is why it is a danger to Germany."

Musk makes short work of the farcical "far-right extremist" accusation:

“The portrayal of the AfD as rightwing extremist is clearly false, considering that Alice Weidel, the party’s leader, has a same-sex partner from Sri Lanka! Does that sound like Hitler to you? Please!”