Billionaire Elon Musk has sparked controversy with a gesture he made during Donald Trump's inauguration, which many have interpreted as a Nazi salute. Musk has defended himself, claiming it was an awkward gesture, but his explanation has been met with skepticism. The Anti-Defamation League initially defended Musk, but has since criticized his recent posts on X, which they deemed inappropriate and offensive.
Billionaire Elon Musk has responded to the uproar of the one-armed gesture he gave during a speech at U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration. Dawna Friesen explains how historians are calling it a Nazi salute, how Musk is defending himself, and how his politics have shifted to the right over the years.Musk made reference to Adolf Hitler’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and leading members of the Nazi Party, Rudolf Hess, Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler.
The Tesla CEO has been defending his gesture at the inauguration rally and first responded to the accusations that his gesture looked like a Nazi salute on X several hours after he left the stage.The Anti-Defamation League , a New York-based organization that campaigns against antisemitism, came to Musk’s defence following the backlash, but now they’re changing their tune after Musk’s recent posts on X.
They had initially claimed that Musk “made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute.”, “We’ve said it hundreds of times before and we will say it again: the Holocaust was a singularly evil event, and it is inappropriate and offensive to make light of it.
The image featured Musk making the gesture alongside the words “Heil Tesla.” U.K. activist group Led By Donkeys and Germany’s Centre for Political Beauty were behind the display, and posted a shared Instagram post from the two groups. “Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin. #LedByDonkeys,” the, with the caption, “The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is promoting the far right in Europe. Don’t buy @teslamotors. Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin.
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