Vance, Germany and Elon Musk

Elon Musk, JD Vance haven’t boosted far right ahead of German election
After the highly unusual U.S. interventions, the AfD remains in second place heading into Germany’s federal election on Sunday.
German Jews express alarm after J.D. Vance’s comments boost far-right AfD ahead of election
The AfD’s appeal to Vance, Musk and others in President Trump’s orbit is its shared distrust of E.U. regulations, limits on speech as they apply to the far right, and, perhaps above all, the AfD’s signature opposition to immigration.
Fact check: How Elon Musk is meddling in German elections
Trump confidant and tech billionaire Elon Musk openly supports the German far-right AfD party and continues to spread false and misleading claims about elections on his platform X.Elon Musk, a tech billionaire turned adviser to US President Donald Trump who has spread a lot of mis- and disinformation during the US election campaign,
How Elon Musk used X to amplify Germany’s far right ahead of election
Musk won AfD a massive new audience, and JD Vance added support. That brought the party outsized attention, but the impact in Germany was limited, data shows.
Germany Election 2025: Everything you need to know after Vance and Musk give AfD boost
The AfD is currently polling in second place on 21%, nine points behind the frontrunners - the Christian Democrats (CDU).
What’s behind Vance’s stunning decision to embrace Germany’s AfD?
After berating European allies, Vance met with the leader of the far-right AfD party, Alice Weidel. PARIS — What part of “neo ...
Germany’s Anti-Extremist Firewall Is Collapsing
This may be the year the firewall collapses. The AfD is now polling at about 22 percent nationally and seems destined for a ...
Vance’s Munich Disgrace
In April 1928, Joseph Goebbels, later the Third Reich’s chief propagandist, wrote a newspaper essay addressing the question ...
Germany’s AfD Is No Friend of America
Similarities to MAGA are skin deep. The party’s leaders prefer closer ties with Russia, not the U.S.
Vance meets German far-right AfD leader amid election interference criticism
U.S. Vice President JD Vance met on Friday in Munich with the leader of Germany's far-right AfD, his office confirmed, after ...
Vance cozies up to Germany's far-right, scolds E.U. leaders for not engaging with extremists
Vice President JD Vance met with AfD leader Alice Weidel instead of Chancellor Olaf Scholz ahead of German parliamentary ...
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JD Vance’s Debacle in Germany Exposes MAGA’s Sinister Global Endgame
Vance’s meeting—and Elon Musk’s earlier one, since he, too, is a member of our government, however shadily—is something much ...
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J.D. Vance Met With German Neo-Nazi Party Leader Alice Weidel
Vance also gave a speech in Munich, hypocritically scolding Europe’s leaders for many actions Trump has engaged in.
Germany’s far-right seeks to convert the power of Trump into election gains
Sunday's vote is a pivotal moment for the Alternative for Germany party. It's polling high enough for second place as part of a far-right surge sweeping Europe.
Meet Germany’s Far-Right Leader, a Study in Contradictions
Alice Weidel of the nationalist, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany lives in Switzerland and is married to a Sri ...
Surging far-right AfD hopes to score new legitimacy as Germans prepare to vote
Germans will head to the polls Sunday looking for leadership at a deeply uncertain time, but all eyes will be trained on a ...