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Elon Musk and governments worldwide

A sourced record of 212 statements and actions by Elon Musk and his companies since 2022: interventions in the politics, governments, courts and regulation of 43 countries and the European Union, threats and legal action against critics, and the use of market power against competitors. Each entry sets out what he said or did, the background, the response and what happened next.

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212entries
44countries and the EU
147with an official response
35with a fact-check or court finding
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2025 2

Elections

Musk addresses AfD campaign launch in Halle by video, says there is 'too much focus on past guilt'

Speaking by video link at the AfD's campaign launch in Halle, Musk called the party the best hope for Germany and said There is too much focus on past guilt, and we need to move beyond that.

Response: Polish PM Donald Tusk said the words sounded all too familiar and ominous; Chancellor Scholz wrote that he agreed with Tusk; Germany's ambassador to Israel, Steffen Seibert, said 'Nobody makes chil…

Germany3 sources

2024 5

Elections

Musk op-ed in Welt am Sonntag calls AfD 'the last spark of hope' for Germany

In a guest article for Welt am Sonntag, Musk called the AfD the last spark of hope for this country and argued its portrayal as right-wing extremist was false.

Response: CDU leader Friedrich Merz called the intervention übergriffig und anmaßend (overbearing and presumptuous) and said he could recall no comparable interference in a friendly country's election campai…

Germany2 sources
Attacks on officials

After Magdeburg Christmas market attack, Musk calls on Scholz to resign

In a series of posts about the car-ramming attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market, Musk wrote in German that Scholz should resign immediately, adding in English Incompetent fool. He also shared a post blaming the attack on mass immigration.

Response: Health Minister Karl Lauterbach wrote on X that Musk should not interfere in our politics and that his platform profits from hate and incitement (Business Insider).

Germany2 sources