‘Just missed’: German comedian loses job over Trump shooting joke
by Deborah Cole in Berlin from US news | The Guardian on (#6PAE1)
Sebastian Hotz, aka El Hotzo, was dropped from his radio show and provoked anger from Elon Musk after now-deleted posts on X
A 28-year-old German comedian has got into trouble with Donald Trump supporters and then Elon Musk after sending a series of tweets appearing to welcome the assassination attempt on the former US president.
Sebastian Hotz, who posts and performs as El Hotzo, lost his job with a public broadcaster this week for a series of tweets on X, Musk's social media platform, after Trump narrowly escaped death, saying that the attempt had been like the last bus - unfortunately, just missed".
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