Elon Musk tells far-right AfD rally there’s ‘too much focus on past guilt’ in Germany

US tech billionaire and businessman Elon Musk (L) is seen on a large screen as Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, addresses an election campaign rally in Halle, eastern Germany on January 25, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
US tech billionaire and businessman Elon Musk (L) is seen on a large screen as Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, addresses an election campaign rally in Halle, eastern Germany on January 25, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

Addressing a rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Halle, billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk says, “There is too much focus on past guilt (in Germany), and we need to move beyond that.”

“Children should not feel guilty for the sins of their parents – their great-grandparents even,” Musk adds.

The comments come after Musk made a straight-armed gesture during US President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday that many saw as a Nazi salute, though the antisemitism-fighting organization ADL called it instead an “awkward gesture.”

Musk has in the past shared white supremacist memes and theories on X that have drawn accusations of antisemitism.

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