American tech billionaire Elon Musk made a surprise address at the campaign launch for Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as thousands of people gathered across the country to protest the rise of the far-right party.

Elon Musk made a surprise appearance during Germany's AfD (Alternative fuer Deutschland) election campaign event in Halle in eastern Germany on Saturday, speaking publicly in support of the far right party for the second time in as many weeks.

After facing backlash for gestures at Trump’s inauguration event and attempts to make Nazi-related puns on X, Elon Musk told supporters of Germany’s far-right AfD party there is “too much of a focus on past guilt.