Politico reports:

Outrage over Elon Musk’s support of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and call for Germany to “move past” its Nazi history could start impacting his financial interests after Polish Tourism Minister Sławomir Nitras called for a Tesla boycott.

“There is no justification for any reasonable Pole to continue purchasing Teslas. A serious and strong response is necessary, including a consumer boycott,” Nitras told Polish media.

Musk is a key advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump and heads up a new department in the administration focused on increasing government efficiency. But he has maintained his status as CEO of EV company Tesla and his various other companies like SpaceX and social media platform X.

The bulk of his wealth, however, comes from Tesla stock. [Continue reading…]

Politico also reports:

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday night hammered tech billionaire Elon Musk over controversial remarks he made about Germans needing to get over their “past guilt” for horrific crimes carried out by the Nazis.

“I’m so angry about Elon Musk intervening for the far right and Elon Musk also not acting adequate to this killing of so many Jews and other people in Europe done by Germans in the past,” said Scholz, speaking in English to journalists on the sidelines of a campaign event in Berlin. “This is the historic responsibility we will continue to take in the future as well.” [Continue reading…]