The tech billionaire and Donald Trump adviser commented on an X post by far-right influencer Naomi Seibt, who had criticized German politician Friedrich Merz, saying the potential next chancellor was "horrified by the idea that Germany should follow Elon Musk’s and [Argentina President] Javier Milei’s example," and Musk replied with a brief endorsement.

“Only the AfD can save Germany," Musk posted at 1:03 a.m.

The anti-immigrant AfD has been making electoral gains in recent years despite being classified as a “suspected extremist party” by the German judiciary, and it's expected to make further gains in the next election.

Musk's political profile continues to rise in the U.S., where he has become ensconced as a leading adviser to the president-elect after pouring $277 million into his campaign, and he played a leading role in the failure of a stopgap government funding bill that had been negotiated between House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Democratic minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).