He is a close ally of conservative U.S. President Donald Trump and has, much to the ire of Scholz, spent the past few weeks boosting the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party ahead of a national snap election on Feb. 23. The AfD is currently riding high in polls ahead of the vote.

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,

The site of the former Auschwitz death camp marks 80 years since it was liberated by Soviet troops during World War Two. Nazi-German forces murdered 1.1 million people at that site. Elon Musk is now being criticized for saying that German's need to move beyond the guilt of the country's Nazi past at a far-right rally.