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Germany knocks Elon Musk over migrant rescue ships
The government of Germany has rebuked Elon Musk, owner of X, formerly Twitter following his criticism of the recent work of migrant rescue ships that German humanitarian groups operate in the Mediterranean Sea.
Musk last Friday shared a video that showed migrants and aid workers on a boat. The right-wing account that first put the content on X, formerly known as Twitter, praised the populist far-right Alternative for Germany party, which has taken a hard line on migration issues.
“Is the German public aware of this?” Musk wrote in his repost.
The German Federal Foreign Office replied to Musk directly on X, writing: “Yes. And it’s called saving lives.”