Overview

• Musk wrote on X that "either Germany votes AfD or it is the end of Germany" in the run-up to North Rhine-Westphalia’s municipal vote on September 14.
• Polling experts cited in German media expect AfD gains across NRW, especially in former SPD strongholds in the Ruhr such as Gelsenkirchen and Duisburg.
• WELT reports his post referenced NRW’s cross‑party Fairness Agreement, which the AfD did not sign because it rejects limits on campaigning about migration.
• Musk has repeatedly promoted the party, including a Die Welt op‑ed, an X interview with AfD leader Alice Weidel, and a video appearance at an AfD event.
• BILD notes German firms have reduced activity on X and that Tesla reported lower deliveries and a second straight profit decline following protests.