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Alice Weidel, The Moderate? Why Even Elon Musk Shouldn’t Trust Germany’s AfD Leader

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Alice Weidel is often perceived as the "moderate" leader of the AfD, opposed to the "more extreme" Björn Höcke. Imago via ZUMA

Elon Musk is hosting Alice Weidel in an interview on X, having tried to convince the American tech billionaire she’s not an extremist. But who is Weidel, really? She’s described the Germans as “slaves” of the U.S. and quotes the infamous text of a nationalist philosopher that is a dog-whistle for the far right in Germany.

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The Far Right And Europe: Calling AfD’s Bluff With Cold ‘Brexit’ Showers

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Protests on Sunday in Berlin against the AfD Jonas Gehring/Alto Press via ZUMA

The far-right AfD party chief has threatened a “Dexit” referendum, where Germany (Deutschland) leaves the European Union. But just ask the British people what they think about how that turned out. Right wing leaders in Italy and France seem to have understood the message.

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