Trump, the Left and the Left: Why Hitler Was Right and Why We Are the Opposing of the Right? The Case of Adolf Hitler

Germany isn’t the only country Musk is weighing in on on behalf of the far right. Since the election of President-elect Donald Trump, Musk has taken aim at politics in the UK, calling for the prime minister’s imprisonment and attacking a left-of-center Labor Party member. Magalhaes says that the government of Starmer is one of the few that leans left in rich countries. “And [Musk] has been especially resolute in how he attacks the administration.”

In response to Musk’s op-ed, Weidel posted a video in which she thanked Musk “so much for your note,” and wished Trump and Musk “all the best for the upcoming tenure.”

During the US elections, Musk emerged as one of Trump’s most important allies. Not only did he help support and fund Trump’s campaign via the America PAC and appear on the campaign trail with the former president, he also used his ownership of X to elevate the campaign’s talking points. After gutting Twitter’s trust and safety teams and allowing previously banned figures back on the platform, research indicated that engagement on X with posts from Musk and other conservative voices were boosted after after Musk publicly endorsed Trump to favor conservative voices and deprioritize critics—what Magalhaes calls “illiberal content moderation.” He says that he is signaling to whoever wants to listen that this is a good place for a political actor.

On Thursday, Musk agreed with the leader of a far-right German political party that Adolf Hitler was a communist and that left-wing groups who support Palestinian causes have more in common with Nazis than with her own party.

Hitler was not the right person to be called right and conservative after the terrible era in our history. He was a communist and we are the opposite of him.

In his autobiography Mein Kampf, Hitler—who as leader of the German Reich was responsible for the invasion of the Soviet Union and the enslavement and death of millions of its citizens—repeatedly describes communism as an enemy of the German nation. He believed that Marxism was a Jewish conspiracy to control Germany and the world.

AfD’s Chancellor and the EU: Implications for the Digital Service Act and Austria’s Preoccupation with the Livestream

Weidel is the AfD’s candidate for chancellor in Germany’s snap elections, which take place next month. As someone who previously worked in finance and lives in Switzerland with her wife, who is from Sri Lanka, and their children, she has been presented as a relatively moderate face for the party.

The EU will be monitoring the event to see if it is promoted to Germany, something that would violate the rules of the Digital Service Act. A European Commission spokesperson told WIRED it would not be commenting on the contents of the livestream.

Weidel referenced the EU’s preoccupation with the conversation, claiming 150 officials at the EU commission were listening in, then claimed the DSA was a censorship tool, before adding: “You know what Adolf Hitler did? He switched off free speech. He would have never been successful if he hadn’t controlled the media.