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

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,

Elon Musk praised the co-leader of the German party Alternative for Germany (AfD) as “very reasonable” on Thursday, urging Germans to vote for the far-right party in what is the latest high-profile sign of the tech billionaire’s involvement in European politics.