A 50-year-old man from Saudi Arabia identified as Taleb A drove into the Christmas market in Magdeburg with the death toll rising to five.

The tech billionaire who has already made a name in American politics offered his endorsement following a deadly German Christmas market attack.

The controversial billionaire and increasingly close confidante of President-elect Donald Trump is now sticking his head into Germany's elections.

Elon Musk was blasted by German and U.S. lawmakers for backing a German far-right political party on X, formerly Twitter on Thursday.

Musk’s tweet was promoting another tweet from Naomi Seibt a German climate change denier who rose to prominence as the anti-Greta Thunberg. Seibt has also promoted conspiracy theories and been accused of being antisemitic, according to the Guardian, a claim she denies.

Musk was roasted on his own social media platform by a political scientist, a fellow billionaire and many others.

Musk said that ‘only the AfD can save Germany’ in a post on X on Friday night that provoked widespread backlash from politicians at home and overseas

Elon Musk has again found himself in the conversation for a powerful government position, this time as potential House speaker.

It also reflects the challenges Europe faces in 2025 as it struggles with a faltering economy, leadership crises in France and Germany, and, most ominously, Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency.

The ability of one billionaire supporter of the president to throw the government into chaos should make campaign finance reform a priority.

The United Kingdom is looking to fend off Tesla CEO Elon Musk after he showed his political mettle in the United States and Germany. Musk wielded a decisive hand in the U.S. 2024 election, throwing his fortune behind President-elect Donald Trump.