CNN data guru Harry Enten offered a humbling analysis of the popularity of the world's richest man Tuesday evening, noting that Elon Musk's polling numbers were so bad, he was pulling down President Donald Trump.

Germany’s most powerful labor union and Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats slammed US billionaire Elon Musk’s increasingly fervent support for the right-wing Alternative for Germany party less than four weeks before snap elections.

He said there was “too much focus on past guilt” in a surprise appearance via video link at a far right political rally. Read more at straitstimes.com.

“No normal Pole should buy a Tesla anymore. There needs to be a serious and tough response to this, including something like a consumer boycott,” Nitras (PO) told private TOK FM radio broadcaster on Monday.

The Tesla factory in Germany, one of the biggest foreign investments in German manufacturing in years and the company’s only European plant, has frequently been the site of protests.

Protesters in Europe projected the words "Heil Tesla" and the image of Elon Musk performing the infamous saluting gesture onto Tesla's Gigafactory in Germany.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday vowed to "defend free trade as the basis ... "We have freedom of speech in Europe and in Germany," said Scholz when asked about the X, SpaceX and Tesla chief, who made the gesture at an event marking Trump's ...

Elon Musk has been accused by Olaf Scholz of “supporting extreme Right positions” after he performed a gesture that some likened to a Nazi salute at an inauguration event. The tech mogul twice threw his arm into the air at a rally for Donald Trump on Monday, provoking criticism from commentators who said it was a fascist gesture.

While addressing Trump supporters in Washington on Monday, the tech billionaire brought his hand to his chest and extended it straight out, twice, before saying: "My heart goes out to you." The gesture sparked controversy as it drew comparisons to a Nazi salute.

I find it worrying that a man with enormous access to social media and large financial resources is so directly involved in the internal affairs of other countries,” said Norway's prime minister Monday.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said Elon Musk’s support for the far-right in Europe is “completely unacceptable”. The comments add to Mr Scholz’s previous criticism of the Tesla chief’s interventions in the German election campaign.