American billionaire and Trump confidant Elon Musk posted a six-word sentence on his social-media platform, X, that jolted Germany’s political landscape. “Only the AfD can save Germany,” he wrote, embracing the far-right populist Alternative for Germany party,

A gesture associated with the Nazis has a surprising history. But in Germany, there was little doubt about its meaning.

Musk's response to the accusations has included the complaint that the "legacy media" is trying to cancel him.