Billionaire Elon Musk has called German Chancellor Olaf Scholz a “fool” after the collapse of his three-party coalition.
Musk posted in German on X: “Olaf ist ein Narr.”
The sentence translates to: “Olaf is a fool.”
Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X, was reacting to a post that said Germany’s “socialist government” had collapsed.
The 53-year-old later confirmed that he intended to call Scholz a fool.
Musk was a major supporter of Republican Donald Trump in his bid to return to the White House. His political views have become increasingly right-wing in recent years.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives at the international airport of Budapest to attend the meeting of the European Political Community and the informal meeting of the European Council. Kay Nietfeld/dpa