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Alice Weidel arranges to meet with a billionaire for a discussion – everyone can listen
AfD leader Alice Weidel and tech billionaire Elon Musk agreed to speak on X following his election recommendation. There are unlikely to be any major differences.
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.
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.
X users provided the idea to Alice Weidel and Elon Musk
An Later, the billionaire influencer, who was close to the AfD and had also commented on the debate, said: “Wait until Alice and I have an X-Spaces conversation. Then they’ll lose their minds” – accompanied by two smiley faces with tears.
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“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.
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.
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