Wading into American politics is apparently not enough for the world’s wealthiest individual, but Germans are less than amused.

Musk, who spent hundreds of millions on Trump's bid to return to the White House, is poised to take a leading role in reshaping the U.S. government.

Musk’s tweet was promoting another tweet from Naomi Seibt a German climate change denier who rose to prominence as the anti-Greta Thunberg. Seibt has also promoted conspiracy theories and been accused of being antisemitic, according to the Guardian, a claim she denies.

It was not the first online intervention by Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and adviser to Donald Trump, on behalf of once-fringe anti-immigrant parties in Europe.

The billionaire has endorsed the far-right Alternative for Germany party ahead of the country's upcoming elections.

The German government has sought to downplay efforts by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk to get involved in the country’s general election campaign by repeatedly endorsing the far-right Alternative for Germany,

The German government has sought to downplay efforts by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk to get involved in the country’s election campaign by repeatedly endorsing the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD,

Musk has billed the right-wing party AfD as the 'last spark of hope' for Germany—prompting outrage from U.S. and German officials.