Tech mogul said Germans should not be ‘guilty of the sins of their parents, let alone their great grandparents’

The richest man in the world caused a stir on Saturday when he reportedly told a far-right German party to get over their past "guilt." Elon Musk, a close ally to President Donald Trump, over the weekend gave a remote presentation to the far-right German party AfD.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk addressed a rally for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on Saturday, urging attendees to move on from past guilt related to the country's Nazi history. Newsweek has contacted Musk via an email to Tesla for comment.

Musk said that the AfD was the "best hope for Germany," and urged the crowd to be proud of their German identity.

The tech billionaire and Trump adviser has drawn rebukes for repeatedly endorsing the AfD in the leadup to Germany’s snap election next month.

A 2016 clip of actor Morgan Freeman praising Elon Musk has resurfaced on social media after the former's Nazi salute at a Trump rally.

Brexit campaign group - is now targeting Elon Musk after projecting a video of him making what appears to be a far-right salute on the Tesla factory in Berlin

Alice Weidel, co-chair of the Alternative for Germany party, is calling to ?Make Europe Great Again? Alice Weidel, a co-leader of the righ

Germany’s most powerful labor union and Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats slammed US billionaire Elon Musk’s increasingly fervent support for the right-wing Alternative for Germany party less than four weeks before snap elections.

Addressing a hall of 4,500 people, Musk spoke live via video link about preserving German culture and protecting the German people.

Political activists in Germany said Thursday they had projected an image of Elon Musk's infamous raised-arm salute and the word "Heil" onto the outside of his Tesla plant.