The ruling parties of German politics seem to have run out of ideas on how to sway voters away from the growing Alternative for Germany movement.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) flag placed on a table. The AfD party sent "deportation tickets" for "illegal immigrants" to mailboxes around the city of Karlsruhe, a local AfD ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) flag placed on a table. The AfD party sent "deportation tickets" for "illegal immigrants" to mailboxes around the city of Karlsruhe, a local AfD ...

Leader of right-wing AfD Alice Weidel waves a German flag at the AfD party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, after the German national election.

The AfD seems to have taken more than one page from the Trump playbook. Attendees brought their own German flags to wave in the crowd—a rare sight at German political rallies.

AfD co-leader Alice Weidel waves a German flag at the party's headquarters after the elections on Sunday in Berlin.

Musk has emerged as a fervent supporter of Alternative for Germany, a far-right, anti-immigrant party that is polling in second place ahead of Germany's parliamentary election.

AfD co-leader Alice Weidel waves a German flag at the party's headquarters after the elections on Sunday in Berlin.