Magdeburg: Elon Musk calls German Chancellor Olaf Scholz a ‘fool’

BASTROP: Controversial billionaire, Elon Musk, lambasted German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, as a “fool” and demanding his resignation, following an attack on a crowd in Magdeburg, Germany.

A car ploughed into a crowd of shoppers in a Christmas market, killing two people and injuring several.

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The owner of social-media platform X (Twitter), Musk is set to join United States (US) president-elect, Donald Trump’s administration as an ‘outsider’ adviser.

Elon Musk took to his own platform to blast the German leader, stating that “Scholz should resign immediately […] incompetent fool”.

Musk’s courting of far-right has already enraged several people. A day earlier, he caused outrage when the billionaire suggested that the far-right, anti-immigrant political party, Alternative for Germany (AfD) was a “saviour” of Germany.

The AfD is a far-right party that has gained huge traction recently in the mostly left-leaning European country. The anti-immigrant party is positioned second in the polls as general election loom in Germany.

A member of Angela Merkle’s former party, Christian Democratic Union (CDU), lambasted Musk, declaring the billionaire a “threat to the democracy in the Western world”.

He also accused the South African-born as turning Twitter into a “disinformation” platform.

Musk’s recent embrace of far-right, including anti-immigration stance, has been widely condemned, with several leaders in Europe concerned about the influential billionaire’s impact on global politics.

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The Western world has seen a sharp rise in extreme right-wing parties winning votes and even forming governments in recent years. This includes the Netherlands, and even United States, where Donald Trump is set to start his second term as president despite felony charges.