While tech Billionaire and upcoming DOGE director Elon Musk was battling part of the MAGA base over the validity and need for H-B1 Visas, he was also causing waves on the other side of the Ocean, where his opinions and endorsements are causing real-life repercussions.
In Germany, the opinion editor at ‘conservative’ newspaper Die Welt has resigned after it printed an article from Elon Musk defending and explaining his support for the rightwing AfD party.
Journalist Eva Marie Kogel reportedly handed in her resignation as soon as the newspaper went to print on Friday.
Musk’s article was commissioned by the boss, Mathias Döpfner, head of Axel Springer, publisher of the paper.
Musk has made significant investments in the Germany’s industrial and technological industries, including a gigafactory in Brandenburg, so he feels he has earned the right to speak his mind.
He also manifested support for AfD’s policies of deregulating the market, reducing bureaucracy and lowering taxes.
Musk opined that AfD is not ‘far Right’, saying it’s ‘political realism without the political correctness’.
