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•The AfD leader’s fawning over Elon Musk should sink her party. Instead, it will boost it | Thomas Verreyer
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Alice Weidel's live chat with Elon Musk ended after 70 minutes .
Elon Musk once again openly voiced his support for the far-right AfD in the forthcoming federal elections on 23 February .
The majority verdict in Germany seems to be that Weidel embarrassed herself and damaged the party’s chances.
But ultimately, being ridiculed does not change the trajectory the AfD is on.
In 2023 , she called the anniversary of the end of the second world war a “day of defeat for (my) own country” In 2024 , she said she refused to look up the new name of the Polish town in which one of her grandfathers was born.
So far, none of this has damaged Weidel ’s reputation indeed, revisionist talk helps create diversions.
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