Billionaire Elon Musk, set to join U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's administration as an outside adviser, on Friday called on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to resign in response to a deadly attack at a German Christmas market.

A senior lawmaker from Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats railed against Elon Musk’s interference in German politics and called for a new antitrust act to constrain his influence in the corporate world.

The tech billionaire who has already made a name in American politics offered his endorsement following a deadly German Christmas market attack.

Musk has been amplifying right-wing, anti-immigration voices on X for years and has already questioned criticism aimed at the AfD back in June. In September 2023, he denounced Germany for giving money to charities and rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.

Elon Musk was blasted by German and U.S. lawmakers for backing a German far-right political party on X, formerly Twitter on Thursday.

Germany’s intelligence agency has monitored the party, known as Alternative for Germany, for suspected extremism.

The controversial billionaire and increasingly close confidant of President-elect Donald Trump is now sticking his head into Germany's elections.

Germany's Olaf Scholz has dismissed an assertion by Elon Musk, who said that a far-right party can “save Germany'. Germany is set to vote in an early election in February next year following the collapse of Scholz's three-party governing coalition collapsed last month.

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In the wake of the tragic attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, which resulted in multiple fatalities and injuries, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has publicly called for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to resign.

The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is attracting the attention of Americans after Elon Musk backed it last week, amid its growing popularity in the European nation—Newsweek has looked at the odds of the party actually winning Germany's upcoming elections.