Scholz commented on Musk’s annoying behavior

Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticized Elon Musk for supporting “far-right positions” after the American businessman supported the far-right German AfD party. So, he answered a question from reporters about the gesture Musk made at the event on the occasion of the inauguration of US President Donald Trump, WELT wrote.

“We have freedom of speech in Europe and Germany. Everyone can say what they want, even if they are a billionaire. We don’t agree if it supports extreme right positions,” Scholz said. at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Billionaire SpaceX and Tesla chief Elon Musk is facing criticism after a speech at Donald Trump’s presidential parade in which he put his hand over his heart and raised it in a gesture similar to a Nazi salute, then did this again.

However, Trump supporters claimed it was a “Roman salute” and not a gesture from supporters of Adolf Hitler, and the footage of the salute appears to have been taken out of context.

Elon Musk himself, amid the scandal surrounding his actions at the X network, accused the US Democratic Party of launching a “dirty campaign” against him.

“I used to vote for the Democrats because they were the party of goodness. But they have become the party of discord and hate, so I can no longer support them and vote Republican. Now watch their dirty campaign against me unfold, ” Musk said and added that “attacks on Hitler are tired.”

Earlier this month, Musk supported Alice Weidel, the AfD’s candidate for German chancellor, and also wrote offensive comments about Scholz. Scholz, for his part, accused Musk of endangering “European democratic development with his support for the far right.”