German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shared his approach to dealing with tech mogul Elon Musk who lately has traded barbs with German politicians, saying it is wise to not “feed the troll.”
“There are a lot of people on social media who want to attract attention with snappy slogans,” Scholz said in an interview with German magazine Stern published on Saturday.
“I don’t believe in courting Mr. Musk’s favor,” he added. “I’m happy to leave that to others.”
Musk, who Trump selected to head the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside Vivek Ramaswamy, trolled the German leader on his social media platform as “Oaf Schitz” and predicted he will “lose” in the upcoming parliamentary election set for Feb. 23.
Musk’s dig at Scholz came shortly after the Tesla CEO wrote an op-ed in German Welt am Sonntag newspaper in late December, expressing strong support for Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) led by Alice Weidel.
Itchy-Guess-258 on
Same with calling putin?
Previous_Pop6815 on
It worked great so far ignoring the threats to European democracies, isn’t it?
Putin was also ignored, dependency on gas was ignored, the need for nuclear power was ignored, the need for modern EV was ignored.
Ignorance is bliss. Until it’s too late.
Europe, time to wake up?
JayManty on
Can this god forsaken nothing-ever-happens-embodiment of a continent do something for once and shut down this asshole’s platforms or something
I’m so sick and tired of EU politicians always playing the nice guys with the biggest psychopaths in the world. Can we take a hardline stance for once in our lives? Can we actually act in the interests of the common citizen?
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TL;DR:
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shared his approach to dealing with tech mogul Elon Musk who lately has traded barbs with German politicians, saying it is wise to not “feed the troll.”
“There are a lot of people on social media who want to attract attention with snappy slogans,” Scholz said in an interview with German magazine Stern published on Saturday.
“I don’t believe in courting Mr. Musk’s favor,” he added. “I’m happy to leave that to others.”
Musk, who Trump selected to head the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside Vivek Ramaswamy, trolled the German leader on his social media platform as “Oaf Schitz” and predicted he will “lose” in the upcoming parliamentary election set for Feb. 23.
Musk’s dig at Scholz came shortly after the Tesla CEO wrote an op-ed in German Welt am Sonntag newspaper in late December, expressing strong support for Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) led by Alice Weidel.
Same with calling putin?
It worked great so far ignoring the threats to European democracies, isn’t it?
Putin was also ignored, dependency on gas was ignored, the need for nuclear power was ignored, the need for modern EV was ignored.
Ignorance is bliss. Until it’s too late.
Europe, time to wake up?
Can this god forsaken nothing-ever-happens-embodiment of a continent do something for once and shut down this asshole’s platforms or something
I’m so sick and tired of EU politicians always playing the nice guys with the biggest psychopaths in the world. Can we take a hardline stance for once in our lives? Can we actually act in the interests of the common citizen?