Elon Musk heaps praise on AfD's Alice Weidel during live talk on X

Source: Guardian

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In a conversation that was at times wooden and at times almost flirtatious, Musk heaped praise on the anti-immigrant, pro-Kremlin AfD, which is second in the polls with 21.5%, behind only the conservative CDU/CSU. He mispronounced the party leader’s name as “Weedel” throughout the encounter.

The almost 75-minute conversation covered everything from energy policy and education to their joint wish to slash German bureaucracy and prevent illegal immigration. Douglas Adams, Schopenhauer, the meaning of life, whether Adolf Hitler was a socialist or a far-right extremist and how to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict were also mulled over at length.

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Asked by Weidel when he might “be ready to have human expeditions to Mars”, Musk said he expected to send uncrewed space ships to the planet in about two years, and crewed ships in approximately four.

He said his aim was for “Martians” to be able to rescue earthlings “when there’s an emergency … just like America rescued Europe in world war two”.

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