American billionaire and Trump confidant Elon Musk posted a six-word sentence on his social-media platform, X, that jolted Germany’s political landscape. “Only the AfD can save Germany,” he wrote, embracing the far-right populist Alternative for Germany party,

Munich's Deutsches Museum said a "prominent" position of an individual in an exhibition could be seen as "an uncritical tribute."

A gesture associated with the Nazis has a surprising history. But in Germany, there was little doubt about its meaning.

Musk then slapped his chest with his right hand, before flinging it diagonally upwards, palm face down. He turned around to audience members behind the podium, and repeated the gesture. “My heart goes out to you,

BMW UK's decision to stop posting on X (formerly Twitter) sparked backlash, drawing attention to the company’s World War II history with Nazi Germany.

Musk has promoted antisemitic and white nationalist content online, and has endorsed a neo-Nazi party in Germany.

Michel Friedman, a former deputy chair of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, whose family perished in Poland during the Holocaust, told the Guardian that the salute was a “disgrace” and said Musk was taking America to a “dangerous point for the entire free world.”

Billionaire's estranged daughter has used rival social media platforms to attack Trump's anti-transgender executive order, and her dad's salute.

The far right is celebrating what it views as a clear signal from the X owner and Donald Trump associate, who made the gestures onstage Monday.

Billionaire Elon Musk was ripped in a post online by Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO Jonathan Greenblatt for "offensive" and "inappropriate" remarks about Nazis. During President Donald Trump's inauguration festivities on Monday,