Ummm, WTF did we simply watch?!
It comes as a shock to none that Donald Trump’s shut pal Elon Musk was at his inauguration on Monday. Everyone knows this dude could be… Eccentric… However that is simply downright complicated. And probably terrifying!
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Throughout his speech congratulating the forty seventh president, the Tesla founder thanked United States residents who supported Trump with a vote. He informed the group:
“This one actually mattered, and I simply needed to say thanks for making it occur. Thanks.”
He then touched his hand to his chest earlier than extending it out in a mode harking back to one we’re all too acquainted with… The notorious “Sieg heil” salute the Nazis did to Adolph Hitler. See (under):
WTF…
— Neb | ????️???? (@NebsGoodTakes) January 20, 2025
Elon has been accused of endorsing white supremacist concepts a number of instances up to now, together with by his personal daughter. However a straight up Nazi salute? We imply… he wouldn’t! …proper??
On X (Twitter), customers got here collectively in settlement over the eyebrow-raising salute. See (under):
Elon Musk simply did a full “Hail Hitler” Nazi salute at Trump’s inauguration. That is completely unbelievable. That thumb and hand are completely inflexible and his arm is at the very same angle. Full video of that is within the feedback under. pic.twitter.com/wEc1LXSSEm
— Roberto Shenanigans (@Rob_Shenanigans) January 20, 2025
Elon Musk actually made a nazi salute. The Hile Hitler. Good luck People. Get your bonnets out pic.twitter.com/tF8C7bTG5N
— vicky (@Miss_vick_) January 20, 2025
Elon Musk LITERALLY gave a Nazi salute, TWICE, on stay television, in the course of the inauguration ceremony! That is it America, it took 80 years, however finally Hitler received: the Nazis seized energy in American soil… pic.twitter.com/4GAX5HtAAt
— harmagedom (@harmagedom) January 20, 2025
My first glimpse of the inauguration is Elon Musk grabbing his chest and throwing a Heil Hitler. Not encouraging. https://t.co/nBGcDnSqP6
— Mike Rothschild (@rothschildmd on blu sky) (@rothschildmd) January 20, 2025
Elon Musk immediately made a gesture that resembled a Hitler salute. Given his help for numerous far-right actions worldwide, this seems to be one thing that ought to elevate issues… pic.twitter.com/onocDMa4su
— Devana ???????? (@DevanaUkraine) January 20, 2025
Postscript: For each dingbat posting Kamala or Hilary waving… they’re not doing the wind-up, hand to coronary heart which is the hallmark of the Nazi/fascist salute. pic.twitter.com/mdbdKZZBj0
— Mike Stuchbery ???????? (@MikeStuchbery_) January 20, 2025
Even HISTORIANS agree! Claire Aubin, who specializes on Nazism, wrote:
“My skilled opinion is that you simply’re all proper, you must consider your eyes”
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a historian who specializes on fascism, agreed it “was a Nazi salute — and a really belligerent one too.”
And if that wasn’t sufficient, a clip has resurfaced of Elon’s father Errol Musk talking about how the tech founder’s maternal grandparents had been a part of the German Nazi occasion in Canada earlier than shifting to South Africa due to their help for the Apartheid regime:
“They used to help Hitler.”
Errol Musk talks about Elon’s maternal grandparents, who had been members of the Nazi occasion in Canada and later moved to South Africa as a result of they supported the Apartheid regime pic.twitter.com/dqy3wd0Efy
— Republicans towards Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) January 20, 2025
WTF is going on?!
[Images via PBS NewsHour & Donald Trump/YouTube]
