Germany, J. D. Vance 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.
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In German Elections, Musk and Vance Play With Fire By Promoting Extremists
German voters go to the polls Sunday for a rare snap election in which the stakes couldn’t be higher. Germany is the biggest economy in Europe and has taken in more Ukrainian war refugees than any of its neighbors,
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.
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.
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,
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).

Vance, Germany and free speech

No, Germany’s Defense Minister Did Not Call J.D. Vance a ‘Christo-Fascist’
Vice President J.D. Vance’s speech on February 14 at the Munich Security Conference—in which he criticized European nations ...
Video of German diplomat commenting on JD Vance remarks is altered | Fact check
The video splices together the beginning and end of the chairman's speech. The chairman said the display of emotion was ...
German Chancellor Scholz Appears To Rebuke JD Vance In Speech, Slams ‘Outsiders Intervening In Our Democracy’
Vance surprised European leaders by accusing them of suppressing free speech and refusing to work with far-right parties.
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 ...
German Chancellor Rebukes Vance for Supporting Party That Downplays Nazis
At the Munich Security Conference, Olaf Scholz accused the U.S. vice president of unacceptable interference in Germany’s ...
US Vice President JD Vance meets German far-right leader as he criticizes ‘firewalls’ in Europe
U.S. Vice President JD Vance's office says he met the leader of a German far-right party during a trip to Germany.
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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.
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JD Vance tells German leaders to abandon their ‘firewall’ against the far right
In a speech in Munich, Vice President J.D. Vance scolded European leaders for boycotting populist parties, and said German politicians should abandon their policy of maintaining a “firewall ...
Vance: Why Should American Taxpayers Subsidize The Defense Of A Germany That Will Jail People Over Mean Tweets?
Vice President JD Vance commented on the extremely negative reaction among German lawmakers to his speech last week at the ...