Musk defenders say this isn’t a Nazi salute, but it looks, walks, and quacks like one – 24 scathing reactions
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Adolf Titler pic.twitter.com/JyokGF0OkI
— Liam Nissan™ (@theliamnissan) January 21, 2025
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The arc:
1. “It wasn’t a Nazi salute.”
2. “Maybe it was a Nazi salute but it was a joke.”
3. “It wasn’t a joke but it was owning the libs.”
4. “It wasn’t owning the libs but so what?”
5. “Actually, Hitler had some good ideas….”
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 20, 2025
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Say what you like about the Americans, but they know how to stage an inauguration.#Inauguration2025 pic.twitter.com/Qd2trWJ6FG
— Parody Keir Starmer (@Parody_PM) January 20, 2025
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you either accept it was a seig heil or pretend elon is simply so stupid that he accidentally hit a pose that looks exactly like a seig heil twice in a row
— Vaush (@VaushV) January 20, 2025
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when i said the facism stuff i didn’t expect to see on DAY ONE the clearest most intentional sieg heil i’ve ever seen on live tv and it’s from the richest man in the world…maybe like 2-3 weeks in, but not day one. https://t.co/OEQL8hdDTl
— georgie (@georgsoup) January 20, 2025
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So racists aren’t racist anymore, the far right isn’t far right, and Nazi salutes aren’t Nazi salutes.
— Matthew Stadlen (@MatthewStadlen) January 21, 2025
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I am sure this was on someone’s top 5 list of things to avoid doing at this event.
— Jeffery A Thomas (@JefferyThomas) January 20, 2025
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I’m simultaneously told to believe this man’s a genius yet doesn’t understand what a Nazi salute is
— gianmarco (@GianmarcoSoresi) January 20, 2025
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— Anthony Carboni (@acarboni) January 20, 2025
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If what Elon did wasn’t a Nazi salute then do it tomorrow at work.
— mike birnigglia (@MikeBirnigglia) January 21, 2025
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Out of the World Health Organization.
Out of the Paris Accord.
Released the convicted J6 rioters.
Annex Canada, Mexico, Greenland & Panama.
The Gulf of America.
Drill Baby Drill.
Tariff Baby Tariff.
A couple a Nazi salutes.Annnnnnnnnd… we're back!!
Trump… 2.0hhhhhh no!!!— Billy Baldwin (@BillyBaldwin) January 21, 2025
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It is a rare and enviable thing to arrive at the purest, most authentic expression of oneself. Elon Musk has just achieved this with the invention of the cringe Nazi salute
— TheIainDuncanSmiths (@TheIDSmiths) January 20, 2025
There was also this reminder from Aaron Rupar that Musk has been endorsing and platforming the far-right German AfD Party.
I would be more inclined to give Elon the benefit of the doubt over the Sieg Heil salute if he hadn't just endorsed the closest thing Germany has today to the Nazi party
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 21, 2025
“He was just sending his love to the crowd.”
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes… It was their final, most essential command."
– George Orwell, 1984 https://t.co/RgedMNAFEW
— GET A GRIP (@docrussjackson) January 20, 2025
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