Jona Källgren on the meeting between Musk and the Afd leader • “Finally they could discuss Hitler”
The world’s richest man Elon Musk has had his discussion with far-right leader Alice Weidel on his social media platform X.
Both said time and time again that the worst thing they know is “yes-sayers” who just agree and don’t ask critical questions.
Then they spent an hour agreeing with each other.
In the middle of a monologue about renewable energy – which AfD leader Weidel doesn’t care much about – Musk interrupted: “I actually like solar energy.” But the man who owns a company that makes solar panels, electric cars and batteries for home use quickly went back to criticizing Germany’s nuclear shutdown.
A journalist would probably have asked in that situation about the AfD’s support for continued coal power and demands for sharp cuts in support for renewable energy. But Musk is not a journalist, so he cleared his throat, agreed with Weidel that other German politicians are idiots, and then they moved on to the next topic. “It’s so nice to be able to have a discussion without being asked critical questions all the time,” Weidel exclaimed.
Lack of research
Had Musk done some research, he might also have asked Weidel why her party opposed his Tesla factory outside Berlin during the long monologue about whether Germany has too many regulations and high taxes.
Or posed a critical question when she said the German government cannot deport migrants who have not been granted asylum – despite more than 18,000 being deported in 2024, a 21 percent increase on the previous year.
Instead, they talked about Mars, Douglas Adams and, surprisingly, quite a bit about Adolf Hitler.
Vaccine criticism against Gates
Themes were opened and closed at a rapid pace. Weidel got in a few words about Bill Gates and something about him trying to vaccinate people without telling them about side effects. Musk talked at length about how you could previously steal under $1,000 worth of goods in California without being convicted of a felony — but chose not to mention that you can be charged with a misdemeanor and that Republican states like Texas have similar laws that actually exist for the prisons do not have room for more prisoners. George Soros was mentioned time and time again and Musk called him “anti-human.”
Finally, they could discuss Adolf Hitler. “He wasn’t right,” Alice Weidel told an extremely interested Musk. “Hitler was a socialist and a communist. So we cannot be compared to the Nazis.”
After an hour, even Musk seemed to have had enough. “Is there anything else you want to talk about?” he asked, in just the sort of voice people have when they want to end a discussion at a party.
But Weidel wanted to bask a little more in the glory of the world’s richest man. “Yes!” she exclaimed. “Tell me about your plans to send people to Mars. And do you believe in God?” They agreed with each other on that too.