Elon Musk, billionaire adviser to President Donald Trump, leaned into the accusations that his Monday salute was a “Sieg heil” gesture with a series of trollish Nazi puns on X. “Don’t say Hess to Nazi accusations!” Musk wrote Thursday, referring to German Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler’s deputy, Rudolf Hess.
Musk has been under scrutiny after making a hand gesture resembling a Nazi salute at a Trump inauguration event earlier the week.
The Anti-Defamation League slammed Elon Musk after he posted a series of Nazi-related puns on X when defending his gesture at an inauguration rally for President Trump that many claimed was a Nazi salute.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a nonprofit committed to fighting antisemitism, criticized tech billionaire Elon Musk for his social media post Thursday that used Nazi puns to taunt those who accused him of making a fascist salute at an event following President Trump’s inauguration on Monday.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has responded to recent backlash over allegations that he made a Nazi salute by posting a string of Nazi puns.
The ADL, which works to combat antisemitism, initially gave Musk the benefit of the doubt over an 'awkward' hand gesture he performed after Donald Trump 's inauguration.
Elon Musk decided it would be a fun idea to hop on the social-media site he purchased and rattle off a few Nazi puns. Predictably, it didn't go well.
After the world's richest man made what fascism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat called a "Nazi salute," one leading authority on anti-Semitism gave him the "benefit of the doubt." But any goodwill between the two seems to be gone after Musk made several references to Nazi Germany on his X account.
The Holocaust was a singularly evil event, and it is inappropriate and offensive to make light of it,’ the head of the ADL rebuked Donald Trump’s ‘best buddy’
Elon Musk is now defending his Nazi-esque salute by invoking the names of high-ranking World War II-era Nazi Germany politicians and officials.
Elon Musk has taken to X to make a slew of Nazi jokes, fresh from having to bat away suggestions that he did a fascist salute on President Donald Trump’s inauguration day. With the world’s eyes on the MAGA boss’ post-ceremony rally Monday,