The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a nonprofit focused on combating antisemitism, defended tech billionaire Elon Musk’s “awkward” gesture during a Monday celebratory event which some critics ...

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said on Monday that Elon Musk’s “awkward hand gesture” at President Donald Trump’s inauguration was “not a Nazi salute.” Musk received backlash on ...

“I think it was an awkward gesture. I don't think it was intended to be a fascist salute,” Greenblatt said in an interview Tuesday, elaborating on the ADL's statement from Monday. The ADL is a ...

That could indicate a sort of gesture of thanks to them. The ADL was equally careful in its reaction. “It seems that @elonmusk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi ...

In a social media post, the ADL dismissed Musk’s raised arm as an “awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm”. Days after, however, the ADL did call out the tech CEO for making light of the ...

On X, the Anti-Defamation League quickly characterized Musk’s salute as “an awkward gesture ... dismissal of the gesture. (Jonathan Greenblatt, the current head of the ADL, later expressed ...