Elon Musk gave two back to back Nazi salutes at the Trump inauguration parade pic.twitter.com/0ImFnvk6hI
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Billionaire Elon Musk — who has a history of supporting anti-Semites — appeared to give a Nazi salute twice during President Donald Trump’s inauguration rally in Washington D.C, notes The Guardian:
Social media users expressed shock at Musk’s gesture. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a history professor at New York University, said: “Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.”
Musk did not immediately comment, though he did repost footage of his remarks that included the second salute and endorsed memes seeking to turn footage of his salutes into jokes.
(Sources: Twitter/X, The Guardian)