US Elon Musk appears to perform fascist salute at inauguration event

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveb...perform-fascist-salute-at-inauguration-event/ (A)

Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capitol One Arena in Washington, on January 20, 2025. (Angela Weiss/AFP)

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"Tech billionaire Elon Musk appears to give a pair of fascist salutes while addressing an inauguration event for supporters of US President Donald Trump.

While speaking on stage at the Capitol One Arena in Washington, Musk puts his hand on his chest before extending his arm in a salute."
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[X Prime]

Starting the Fourth Reich off with strong African-American support, as has been foretold.

 

[Schwarzwald]

Imagine being so incredibly, unfathomably autistic that your weird awkward body language is interpreted as empassioned Nazi gesticulation.

 

[Spud]

They hate seeing an autistic man show his love and appreciation of Rome. Absolute plebs.

 

[888Flux]

DOUBLE
ROMANS
\o/

 

[Bonesjones]

Waving too high means you are a Nazi

 

[Dire Dire Cocks]

Waving too high means you are a Nazi

Elon isn't a 'nazi', but that was as close as you could get to a Roman salute.

 

[Lone MacReady II]

Roman salutes are cool though. Ave Roma.

 

[The Ghost of Rarity]

I can appreciate his level of autism in this instance

 

[ye's Official KF Burner]

The last little bit of Elon being Elon has been so unintentionally funny, this is the kind of shit I like seeing. He's slowly worming his way into becoming a favorite of mine just because he has Y2K level tard rage.

Godspeed you funky little cyber man.

 

[Epic Fail Man]

I was gonna say lies, but after watching the video Elon really did the salute lmao. How can someone be this autistic.

 

[Itchy Trashdick]

 

[Historical Strelkov]

I was gonna say lies, but after watching the video Elon really did the salute lmao. How can someone be this autistic.

in 2016 Richard Spencer did it, remember? The Hail victory shit. It was a terrible look. Can't wait to see how this turns out.
I feel like I'm watching some kind of Dune prequel.

 

[General Emílio Médici]

Elon needs more of this sort of retardation instead of his autistic usage of boosters on games he doesn't even play.

 

[Nero Fiddled]

Those images are just a video capture and omit the context.

He was saying "my heart goes out to you" whilst doing the actions - slapping his chest and then "throwing" his heart into the crowd in one direction, then the other.

Maybe not the smartest way to thank people, but certainly a mile away from being anything nazi related - unless of course you're a whinging lefty journalist after a cheap headline.

 

[Strangolapreti]

Nigga is developing more brainrot than Mark Hamill.

 

[Drip Torch]

HEIL AUTISM!!!

 

[Bloodthirsty Nosenigger]

That just proves he's a real gamer, after all.

Endsieg-Elon!

 

[Epic Fail Man]

in 2016 Richard Spencer did it, remember? The Hail victory shit. It was a terrible look. Can't wait to see how this turns out.
I feel like I'm watching some kind of Dune prequel.

Richard spencer is a low level fed and a already known "neo-nazi". Elon musk is the richest man in the world, SpaceX founder and a cabinet member of trump. The impact of this is way different.

Making that comparison is probably the most retarded shit I've seen.

 

[FierceBrosnan]

He was saying "my heart goes out to you" whilst doing the actions - slapping his chest and then "throwing" his heart into the crowd in one direction, then the other.

And THIS is why context always matters. Just watching the motion with no context, I could see how it would been seen as a little bit... reich-y. With context it's just progtards hand wringing and pearl clutching over every little thing because they need something to scaremonger with.