The billionaire dismissed criticism of the hand gesture as a ‘tired’ attack
Elon Musk gestures at the podium inside the Capital One arena in Washington on Jan. 20., on Donald Trump's inauguration day.inauguration drew online comparisons to a Nazi salute on Monday, but a leading tracker of antisemitism said it appeared to represent a moment of enthusiasm instead.Musk took to the Capital One Arena stage in Washington to huge cheers, pumping his arms and shouting, “Yesssss.
Biting his bottom lip, he thumped his right hand over his heart, fingers spread wide, then extended his right arm out, emphatically, at an upward angle, palm down and fingers together. Then he turned and made the same hand gesture to the crowd behind him. In Germany, the president of the Jewish community in Munich and Upper Bavaria, Charlotte Knobloch, described the gesture as “highly irritating.”
Musk has backed the far-right Alternative for Germany , an anti-immigration, anti-Islamic party labelled as right-wing-extremist by German security services, in an upcoming national election. He hosted a broadcast with the party’s leader on his social media platform earlier this month.
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