20-01-2025. This is a real image
This gif is real.
And it’s day fucking 1! We still have (at least) four more YEARS of this!
I’m reminded of Trump’s first term, when we all thought it couldn’t possibly get any worse, and yet it always did keep getting worse.
Add to this that some media are “baffled at what it could mean”…
How infuriating are these
From Reuters:
The Anti-Defamation League, which tracks antisemitism, disagreed. “It seems that @elonmusk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute, but again, we appreciate that people are on edge,” it posted on Monday. In Germany, the president of the Jewish community in Munich and Upper Bavaria, Charlotte Knobloch, described the gesture as “highly irritating”. “Far more worrying are Elon Musk’s political positions, his offensive interference in the German parliamentary election campaign and his support for a party whose anti-democratic aims should be under no illusions,” she said in a statement.
Look if the extremely jumpy ADL doesn’t call it anti-Semitic it’s a real reach to call at a Nazi salute. And don’t tell me they are in on the conspiracy. Most politicians know better than to hold out their arms like that, Musk clearly does not.
Ngl, I was sceptical since still images are not a good representation of what’s really going on when people are moving around, but then I checked out the video. Good lord, he even did it twice.
I wondering if he did it to win a bet: “Hey man, we already get away with some fucken outlandish shit, and people ate that up. I bet you that you can’t get away with throwing out a nazi salute on live tv”
fElon: hold my K…
This is so fkn crazy how brazen they are
Sure, but what about the context. Was he actually holding a Nazi salute, or was he moving his arm from location A to location B and only coincidentally passing through this particular configuration?
If you need some context, Musk is actively trying to influence German elections by advertising for the far right party afd. While doing something similar in the UK with the right wing Reform party, and calling for a neo nazi to be released from prison.
So there’s that. It doesn’t even matter if this was a nazi salute or not, because it was clear that he is a fascist before this incident.
Why would he turn away from the crowd and do the motion again if he was trying to show his heart going out to the crowd?
You would have to be an enormous idiot to believe in that excuse.
Gold Medalist in mental gymnastics right here.
Nope. He does the salute twice before saying the ‘my heart goes out to you’ plausible deniability attempt. Which makes it much less likely to be just a simple gesture, and also makes it very very clear that the crown is cheering the salute, not the line which comes later.
Watches video… Oh, oh no.
I dont think Elon Musk is a nazi. I’ve never seen any evidence that he is a nazi nor have I ever seen any presented. I think he is an asshole that harasses people for his personal satisfaction. He is so rich that no matter what happens he, his children, and all their children will all enjoy the highest quality lives available. There may also be some chemical addiction mixed in there as well as some mental illness.
The link between zionism and nazism is strong.
Fuck Trump, Elon, the other oligarchs, and all of the short-sighted moronic voters and non-voters who put them back in power.
This may not be what America wants, but this is what Americans deserve for being so fucking stupid.
What’s more likely?
A large proportion of Americans are very ready to be extremely upset and will look in to things that aren’t there, like a socially inept Musk appearing to make a Nazi salute.
Or
Musk intentionally made a Nazi salute.
I know it’s emotional times, but I think a huge amount of people aren’t thinking rationally.
Maybe I’m an idiot but I thought he was dabbing.
