American tech billionaire Elon Musk made a surprise address at the campaign launch for Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as thousands of people gathered across the country to protest the rise of the far-right party.

Elon Musk told supporters of the anti-immigrant far-Right AfD party to not feel “guilty” about the country’s Nazi past as he made a surprise video appearance at a rally in Germany.

"It's good to be proud of German culture, German values, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything," he said in a virtual visit.