MONITORING (SW) – The world’s richest man just helped Donald Trump return to the White House, but Elon Musk isn’t just interested in the future of the United States, he is increasingly injecting himself into European politics.
Over the past six months, Musk has been outspoken about issues far beyond America’s borders.
The billionaire has argued that Britain is “turning into a police state” and claimed that the once-shunned German far-right political party Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) is the country’s “only hope”.
He’s also called for a new election in the United Kingdom, despite one being held in July last year, and argued that “only Reform can save Britain”, reported ABC.
Reform UK is a populist, right-wing political party led by Brexiteer Nigel Farage.
The pair met before Christmas at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, where they discussed political tactics and there are reports Musk is planning to donate up to $160 million to the party.
This week, the US tech-mogul released a series of posts on his social media platform X in an apparent attempt to discredit UK’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
In several posts, he called for the release of far-right British activist Tommy Robinson, who is serving an 18-month prison sentence for contempt of court for repeating false allegations a Syrian refugee schoolboy was a violent thug.
He also added his voice to calls for a national inquiry into a child abuse scandal that occurred in an English town from 1997 to 2013.
It’s not the first time Musk has criticised the Starmer government. In July last year, as parts of England grappled with anti-immigration riots, Musk posted on X that “civil war is inevitable”.
Elsewhere, Musk has thrown his support behind Germany’s AfD party, describing them as the “last spark of hope” for the nation, and is set to host the party’s leader for a live interview on X.
He laid out his support for the party in an opinion piece for German newspaper, Welt am Sonntag, which led to the resignation of the masthead’s opinion editor and accusations from the government that Musk is attempting to influence next month’s German election.
Opinion polls are predicting the anti-immigration AfD party is on track to become the largest opposition group.
Musk argued his “significant investments” in Germany gave him a right to speak out about the nation’s politics.
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