The world’s richest person has heaped praise on the Alternative for Deutschland party in recent weeks ahead of the country’s upcoming election.

Musk's response to the accusations has included the complaint that the "legacy media" is trying to cancel him.

Musk's AfD support, followed a gesture many said resembled a Nazi salute, and came as leaders are due to observe the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation.

Elon Musk told a rally the German far-right AfD party, just before Holocaust Remembrance Day, that Germany should get over "past guilt."

Tech billionaire Elon Musk addressed a rally for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on Saturday, urging attendees to move on from past guilt related to the country's Nazi history. Newsweek has contacted Musk via an email to Tesla for comment.

After facing backlash for gestures at Trump’s inauguration event and attempts to make Nazi-related puns on X, Elon Musk told supporters of Germany’s far-right AfD party there is “too much of a focus on past guilt.

Elon Musk faces backlash for alleged Nazi salute and endorsing Germany's far-right AFD, sparking protests, government criticism, and U.S. concerns over historical awareness.

Trump Co-President Elon Musk addressed a rally of far-right AfD supporters in Germany over the weekend, telling the ideological descendants of the Nazi party not to feel guilty about their history. This comes only days after Musk drew fiery criticism all over the world for performing a Third Reich salute to a crowd during Donald Trump's inauguration.