Elon Musk told members of the far-right, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party that "there's too much focus on past guilt," days after he gave what scholars and rights groups said was a Hitlergruß,

Tesla CEO Elon Musk encouraged Germans to “move beyond” historical guilt in a speech to the right-wing Alternative fur Deutschland party. Musk’s public support for the AfD, which began last month, represents his latest international political venture.

Musk's support for AfD has helped what was once a fringe political party enter the mainstream, lifting it up in front of a global audience.