Political leaders have shunned the Alternative for Germany. But on his social media platform X, Mr. Musk is pitching the party as mainstream.

Mr Musk's endorsement of the AfD, an anti-immigration, anti-Islamic party designated as right-wing-extremist by German security services, has caused consternation in Berlin, where all other parties rule out working with a party they regard as dangerous and undemocratic.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk held a live interview with the leader of Germany’s Alternative for Germany party on Thursday. Alice Weidel, the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, co-chairwoman, joined the mogul in a livestreamed X space to pitch her party as an alternative to the European power’s entrenched policy agenda,