Election campaign: Live talk Weidel and Musk probably on January 9th

According to the AfD, AfD leader Alice Weidel and billionaire Elon Musk are expected to meet for a discussion on Musk’s Platform X on January 9th. A publicly accessible discussion in a so-called X-Space – a format for live discussions – is planned for 7 p.m. that day, Weidel’s spokesman Daniel Tapp told the German Press Agency in Berlin.

Conversation shortly before the election of the candidate for chancellor

Two days later, Weidel will be officially elected as candidate for chancellor at an AfD party conference in Riesa. “The central topics will be freedom of expression and the AfD’s ideas for a sustainable Germany,” said Tapp about the planned online meeting with Musk.

Suggestion came from X user

An The billionaire later wrote to an influencer close to the AfD who had also commented on the debate: “Wait until Alice and I have an X-Spaces conversation. Then they will lose their minds” – accompanied by two smiley smileys with tears.

Weidel herself shared Musk’s comment on

“Regular exchange” with Musk team

Your spokesman had spoken of regular exchanges between the Weidel team and the Musk team. The Tesla boss became interested in the AfD program a few months ago. There has not yet been a personal phone call or meeting between Weidel and him.

Weidel not at Trump’s inauguration

The spokesman rejected a rumor that was also widespread at X that Weidel could also be in Washington at the inauguration of the future US President Donald Trump on January 20th. This is not planned due to the scheduling situation in the federal election campaign.