Elon Musk
“This ennobles me”, reacted the leader of the German Government, who has already spoken to Donald Trump about the “return of peace” to Europe.
The Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, said he felt honored by Elon Musk called him “sale” on the social network X (formerly Twitter), owned by the American millionaire.
“That ennoble me”, joked Scholz, in an interview given on Sunday to the German public broadcaster, in which he was asked about a comment made by Musk this week, in which the tycoon wrote, in German: ‘Olaf ist ein Narr’ [“Olaf é um tolo”, numa tradução livre].
Despite suggestions that Musk may have a role in the future administration of US President-elect Donald Trump, Scholz said the “tech billionaire not a head of statealthough sometimes one gets the impression that the technology companies are bigger than states” and, therefore, it is not something that you have to react to.
Christiane Hoffmann, Scholz’s spokesperson, had already spoken out in this regard on Friday, stating in a press conference that “Internet entrepreneurs are not State bodies” and that, therefore, They didn’t even “take note” of Musk’s message on the Internet.
In his speech, Hoffmann reaffirmed that the German Government considers it “convenient to continue to be present at X”, a tool that it uses on a recurring basis to carry out its activity.
Conversation with Trump
The Chancellor of Germany he spoke with the elected president of the United States, Donald Trump, and both said they were “ready to work together for the return of peace to Europe”.
“Both exchanged views on relations between Germany and the United States and current geopolitical issues,” the chancellor’s spokesman said on Sunday.
“They also said they were ready to work together for a return to peace in Europe,” added Steffen Hebestreit.
Scholz must submit himself later this year to a vote of confidence that will force the early general elections, after that of the government coalition that supported the German chancellor.
