Elon Musk salute controversy

Musk repeating the salute before saying, "My heart goes out to you."[1]

On January 20, 2025, while speaking at a rally celebrating U.S. president Donald Trump's second inauguration, businessman and political figure Elon Musk twice made a salute interpreted by some as a Nazi or the fascist Roman salute.[a]

On his own social media platform, X (formerly Twitter), Musk dismissed the accusations of Nazi sympathies, derided them as being politicized,[3][4][5] and described them as a "tired" attack.[6][7] The Anti-Defamation League defended Musk and argued that the gesture carried no significant meaning, but other Jewish organizations have condemned the gesture.[8] Multiple European political parties demanded that Musk be banned from entering their countries. Neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups celebrated the salutes.[5]

  1. ^ "Elon Musk's gesture at Trump rally draws scrutiny". BBC News. January 20, 2025. Archived from the original on January 29, 2025. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  2. ^ Winkler 2009, p. 2.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gerken-2025 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Wickman, Kase (January 21, 2025). "Elon Musk Sure Isn't Denying That His Inaugural Gesture Was a Nazi Salute". Vanity Fair. Condé Nast. ISSN 0733-8899. OCLC 8356733. Archived from the original on January 30, 2025. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Condon-2025 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Fortinsky, Sarah (January 21, 2025). "Musk on salute blowback: 'Frankly, they need better dirty tricks'". The Hill. Nexstar Media Group. ISSN 1521-1568. OCLC 31153202. Archived from the original on January 30, 2025. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  7. ^ Bennhold, Katrin (January 25, 2025) [January 24, 2025]. "What Elon Musk's Salute Was All About". The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095. OCLC 1645522. Archived from the original on January 28, 2025. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  8. ^ Miller, Jaylan (January 20, 2025). "JCPA Condemns Elon Musk's Fascist Salute at Trump Inauguration Rally". Jewish Council for Public Affairs. Retrieved February 15, 2025.


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