Musk on salute blowback: ‘Frankly, they need better dirty tricks’
- Elon Musk's arm gestures at President Donald Trump's inauguration have sparked controversy, with some interpreting them as a Nazi salute.
- The Anti-Defamation League described Musk's gesture as 'awkward' but not a Nazi salute, urging grace in a politically charged environment.
- Democratic politicians, including Rep. Jerry Nadler, condemned Musk's gesture as antisemitism, while Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene defended him.
- Musk criticized the media's interpretation, stating, 'The 'everyone is Hitler' attack is so tired,' amid ongoing political polarization.
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Did Elon Musk give a Nazi salute?
Hours after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, many Jewish groups sounded the alarm when Elon Musk appeared to twice deliver a Nazi salute at the Presidential Parade. But the Jewish group most famous for fighting antisemitism had a different take. “It seems that Elon Musk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute,” the Anti-Defamation League wrote in a statement on Musk’s own social media platform X, referring to M…
What Elon Musk was doing was stopping a cab.
We are waiting for four years of ibuprofen tortilla dinner each night, because the Trump turra comes with the volume to the maximum. Donald Trump has not been president for a week and we have already been through several communication crises. The most striking has been the one provoked by Elon Musk: during his speech after Trump’s inauguration he did (twice) a Nazi greeting, but it was not a Nazi greeting because in reality he only gave his hear…
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