WASHINGTON − Elon Musk, billionaire entrepreneur and increasingly close ... He is now wading into Germany's election campaign, calling on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to resign and throwing his support behind the populist anti-immigration AfD.

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.

Elon Musk posted on X that the Friday night terrorist attack in Magdeburg Germany was the "direct result of mass, unregulated migration."

Chancellor Olaf Scholz took a swipe at Elon Musk over his political judgment, escalating a spat between the German government and the world’s richest person.Most Read from BloombergThe Architects Who Built MiamiReviving a Little-Known Modernist Landmark in BuffaloNew York City’s Historic Preservation Movement Is Having a Midlife CrisisNew York’s Congestion Pricing Plan Still Faces Legal HurdlesNYPD Car Chases Are Becoming More Frequent — and More DangerousScholz,

Mark Cuban used the artificial intelligence chatbot on Elon Musk's social media platform to investigate Musk's remarks about AfD and posted them on Friday.

Elon Musk's endorsement of Germany's far-right AfD party on X sparked condemnation from mainstream politicians, who accused him of election interference and promoting extremism ahead of the elections in February.

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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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned the attack as “terrible and insane,” but Musk sharply criticised him, accusing the Chancellor of ignoring repeated warnings. Musk called Scholz an “incompetent fool” and demanded his resignation.

Musk, on Friday, called on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to resign in response to a deadly attack at a German Christmas market

Far-right protesters took to the streets of Germany last night after a devastating Christmas market attack that killed five including a nine-year-old child, allegedly carried out by a Saudi doctor.