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Elon Musk insults German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday extended his record of personal insults against European politicians with a new post taking a swipe at the country's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

The comments from Musk, an ally of US President-elect Donald Trump, referred to Steinmeier speaking out against outside influence in his speech on the dissolution of the Bundestag. His post on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, was a response to criticism of Steinmeier — who is Germany's head of state — by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)-affiliated influencer Naomi Seibt.

"Steinmeier is an anti-democratic tyrant!" Musk wrote in English. "Shame on him."

Steinmeier's office said that it had noted the post but would not comment on it. After the break-up of Germany's three-way coalition government in November, Musk wrote about Chancellor Olaf Scholz in German: "Olaf ist ein Narr" (Olaf is a fool). In a previous post, Musk predicted that Scholz would lose the upcoming German election in February, misspelling his name.

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