CNN data guru Harry Enten offered a humbling analysis of the popularity of the world's richest man Tuesday evening, noting that Elon Musk's polling numbers were so bad, he was pulling down President Donald Trump.

While addressing Trump supporters in Washington on Monday, the tech billionaire brought his hand to his chest and extended it straight out, twice, before saying: "My heart goes out to you." The gesture sparked controversy as it drew comparisons to a Nazi salute.

A Polish government minister called for a boycott of Tesla vehicles after billionaire Elon Musk said there was “too much focus on past guilt” in an apparent reference to Germany’s wartime atrocities under the Nazis.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said Elon Musk’s support for the far-right in Europe is “completely unacceptable”. The comments add to Mr Scholz’s previous criticism of the Tesla chief’s interventions in the German election campaign.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has continued to voice his opposition of billionaire Elon Musk, labeling his actions as “disgusting” in his latest comments about the tech mogul. Speaking to CNN Tuesday,

Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz (SPD) hat die Einmischung des Tech-Milliardärs und designierten US-Präsidentenberaters Elon Musk in den deutschen Wahlkampf scharf kritisiert. „Das ist etwas ...

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Friday that Elon Musk's support ... and that must be criticized,” Scholz said. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks at Life Center Church in Harrisburg, Pa., on Oct. 19, 2024.

Elon Musk, the world's favorite chaos architect is no stranger to stirring up headlines—and not always for his rocket launches or electric car empire. From sparring with politicians to crashing crypto markets in a single tweet,

“Elon Musk is falsely smeared,” the Israeli prime minister wrote on X, adding that the tech mogul “is a great friend of Israel”. According to the Times of Israel, Netanyahu avoided addressing the issue of Musk’s salutes. But the newspaper did add that Musk posted his Holocaust jokes just one hour after Bibi’s comments appeared online.

Former Chancellor Angela Merkel weighed into Germany’s contentious election campaign, sharply criticizing fellow Christian Democrat Friedrich Merz over his decision to force through a hard-line immigration resolution in parliament with votes from the far right.

Germany’s conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz, whose CDU/CSU coalition is leading polls by double digits, upended the election campaign Wednesday by accepting votes from the nationalist Alternative for Germany to pass a hard-line migration resolution through parliament.