Elon Musk calls Germany’s Scholz a ‘fool’
The tech billionaire, emboldened after Donald Trump's U.S. election victory, picks a fight with Berlin's embattled chancellor.
Billionaire Elon Musk labeled German Chancellor Olaf Scholz a “fool” on Thursday, after his three-party coalition imploded.
Responding to a post referring to Scholz’s government collapsing, Musk said, in German: “Olaf ist ein Narr.” Translated, it means: “Olaf is a fool.”
Probed by an X follower about whether he was talking about the German chancellor, Musk responded with emojis: “????????.”
Musk has been riding a high this week, after playing a key role in Donald Trump’s victorious campaign to take back the White House.
Trump has indicated he would reward his billionaire supporter, vowing in a speech in September to establish a government efficiency commission headed by Musk if he won the election.
But Musk has been on a collision course with European officials, fighting regulators and governments on multiple fronts. He has attracted criticism for his management of X, facing accusations that he has allowed hate speech to fester on the site.
The latest development in his ongoing battle with the EU is a possible move by the European Commission to take into account his other companies, including SpaceX and Neuralink, when it calculates a potential fine against X for breaches of the bloc’s content moderation law, the Digital Services Act.
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