Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has caused uproar after backing Germany’s far-right party in a major newspaper ahead of key parliamentary elections in the Western European country, leading to the resignation of the paper’s opinion editor in protest.

In the piece, Musk justified his support for AfD, calling it “Germany’s last spark of hope.” “Portraying AfD as far-right is blatantly false, considering that Alice Weidel, the party’s leader, has a partner from Sri Lanka!

Elon Musk backed Germany’s far-right Alternative for Deutschland party, known as the AfD, in an opinion piece published in a German newspaper on Saturday, wading deeper into international politics as the billionaire has become a fixture in Trump’s orbit.