Germany said Musk's remarks crossed acceptable boundaries

The head of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) faction in the German parliament, Rolf Mützenich, said that American entrepreneur Ilon Musk had crossed the boundaries of what is acceptable in his statements. This was reported by Der Spiegel magazine on January 1.

On New Year's Eve, Musk wrote a post on his X page (formerly Twitter) with the words "Steinmeier is an anti-democratic tyrant. Shame on him."

As the publication notes, Mützenich emphasized that Musk's statements against German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier could seriously aggravate German-American relations. The SPD representative also called on the U.S. government to clarify after President-elect Donald Trump took office whether "repeated disrespect, slander and interference in the election campaign were expressed on behalf of the new government."

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Earlier on December 31, Musk published a post insulting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

On the same day, Musk expressed confidence in the victory of the party "Alternative for Germany" (AdG) in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He noted that the party will win a grand victory, thus commenting on the information about the record approval marks of the AdG.

The day before, Berlin said Musk was trying to influence the German elections with posts on his social network X and an article in the Welt am Sonntag newspaper in support of the right-wing Alternative for Germany party.

Before that, on December 20, Musk wrote in X that only the Alternative for Germany party can save Germany. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz disagreed with his position and said that freedom of speech in his country does not mean that the opinions of multi-billionaires are correct.