Summary
Elon Musk escalated controversy over accusations that his salute at a Trump rally resembled a “Sieg heil” by posting Nazi-related jokes on X, referencing figures like Rudolf Hess and Joseph Goebbels.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) initially defended Musk, urging “a bit of grace” and “benefit of the doubt,” but later condemned his Holocaust-related jokes as offensive.
Conservative Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also defended Musk.
Critics highlighted Musk’s history of promoting far-right conspiracy theories and enabling neo-Nazi content on X, raising concerns about increasing offensive rhetoric on the platform.
We did. We did see it coming.
Any bets on when Trumpers start doing it at rallies? I give it a month max.
OMG, I haven’t even thought about this. Imagine thousands of people doing this together all at once. A terrifying visual indeed!
Many people that would do this are the same people that criticized taking a knee.
Look at the faces in the background of the photo of him from the side. Glee.