Musk gives Le Pen his support in a post on X where he republished a post from a British account linked to the nationalist and anti-immigrant party Restore Britain, with the text "Marine Le Pen's opinion figures have skyrocketed."
Next year, the French will go to the polls to choose who will take over as president, after ten years with Emmanuel Macron in power.
Marine Le Pen announced last week, after a high-profile verdict against her for misuse of EU funds, that she is running in the presidential election.
Le Pen was sentenced to three years in prison, two of which were suspended and the third under electronic monitoring - in effect with an ankle cuff.
