German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took an opportunity on the campaign trail Tuesday to criticize Elon Musk, telling CNN that the US billionaire “is intervening in favor of right-wing politicians all over Europe.

Thousands protested against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which the Tesla CEO addressed on Saturday.

Musk's comments came two days before International Holocaust Remembrance Day and right after he was criticized for making what many viewers interpreted as a Nazi salute during an inauguration speech.

“In study after study, as well as our lived experiences, X has become a platform that promotes hate, antisemitism, and societal division. Under the leadership of Elon Musk, X has reduced content moderation, promoted white supremacists, and re-platformed purveyors of conspiracy theories.”

Towamencin Township Supervisor Laura Smith said her video "has been greatly mischaracterized,” but that she removed it so as not to "give offense."

An elected official in Pennsylvania resigned from her post after she mimicked Elon Musk ’s straight-arm gesture that the head of a prominent U.S. Jewish civil rights called a “Nazi salute.” Republican Towamencin Township Supervisor Laura Smith in Montgomery County reportedly “hit her chest three times and then extended her arm out in front of her” in a now-deleted TikTok video,

There are already signs that Elon Musk’s marriage of convenience to President Donald Trump could be a fraught union. Musk turned more than a few heads by taking the lead on defeating a government spending bill last month — Trump doesn’t like being overshadowed — and undercutting a just-announced White House AI project last week.