When two key incoming administration officials endorse an extreme foreign political party, we should pay attention. Alarm bells sounded last week when Vice President-elect JD Vance and Trump adviser Elon Musk praised the far-right German party Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) , just weeks before that country’s snap national elections are scheduled to take place. “Only the AfD can save Germany,” Musk posted on X, prompting backlash from conservative and mainstream German leaders and the global