“It seems that Elon Musk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute,” the Anti-Defamation League wrote Monday in a statement on Musk’s own social media platform X, referring to Musk’s outstretched-arm movement that came as he was thanking his supporters.
Live" star Chloe Fineman took aim at Elon Musk Tuesday referring to a 2021 incident in which he allegedly made her cry.
The Tesla founder has been condemned in Germany for the gesture he made on stage at the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Errol Musk laughed and defended his son against allegations of making a Nazi salute, calling the accusation “absolute nonsense” and “rubbish.”
Some across the political spectrum said the gesture looked like a "Heil Hitler" salute. The ADL said it was not.
Musk has promoted antisemitic and white nationalist content online, and has endorsed a neo-Nazi party in Germany.
Elon Musk has seemingly done the unthinkable and shown his knowledge of Nazi history is far deeper than the ADL would like the public to believe.
The incident only lasted seconds, but it sparked what has become a global debate about how to interpret what Musk did. Then Musk started posting Nazi-themed jokes.
The world has changed this week in ways that will leave the liberal-left elite and big government functionaries in a cold sweat. The Trumpian transformation has been as swift as it has been expansive,
Grimes, Elon Musk's ex, has responded to the backlash of his controversial hand gesture, which is going viral. On Monday, the Tesla CEO took the stage in Washington, DC's Capital One Arena, beginning his speech by saying, "Thank you for making it happen. Thank you," followed by slapping his right hand on his chest and extending it in salute.
Musk then slapped his chest with his right hand, before flinging it diagonally upwards, palm face down. He turned around to audience members behind the podium, and repeated the gesture. “My heart goes out to you,