Accused of using a Nazi salute during a speech to Donald Trump supporters, American tech mogul Elon Musk has called on his critics to come up with better dirty tricks against him, Agence France-Presse and the Guardian note, BTA reported.
“Attacks like “Everyone is Hitler“ are so worn out“, Musk wrote in “Ex“.
WTF?? What did Elon Musk just do?? pic.twitter.com/ESNjAG874s
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) January 20, 2025
Billionaire Musk, known for his unexpected reactions, caused astonishment when, during a rally in front of Trump supporters last night in Washington, he twice made a salute that was likened to a Nazi salute. However, some said it was an inappropriate gesture that Musk's critics have used to define as a Nazi salute.
Musk made the gesture right after thanking the crowd for allowing Trump to return to the White House. According to historian Claire Auben, a specialist in manifestations of Nazism in the United States, Musk's gesture was eloquent and a Nazi salute.
According to Jimmy Gomez, a Democrat and member of the US House of Representatives, it did not take Musk long to show what ideology he sympathized with. Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a specialist in the subject of fascism, says that Musk's gesture was indeed a Nazi salute, which was also aggressive.
Former US Congresswoman, Democrat Cory Bush, said that Musk seemed to have been hiding his true nature for a long time, and then ironically said that his Nazi salute was as if rehearsed in front of a mirror. The topic was also commented on by media in Israel, Italy and France.