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The media is misleading you. Elon Musk never did a Nazi salute. Watch the full video: He simply gestured and said, “Thank you, my heart goes out to you.” pic.twitter.com/e3vBaLoVqx
— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) January 20, 2025
The left has just suffered a series of staggering rebukes. Not only did their campaign to destroy Donald Trump and his movement fail spectacularly, but his second Inaugural Address was a forthright and comprehensive declaration of war against the policy agendas they have pursued for decades now. The establishment media, meanwhile, has likewise been rejected on a grand scale, with Elon Musk even proclaiming repeatedly that citizen journalists and news analysts on his X platform “are the media now.” That is likely why Musk became the target on Monday afternoon of the first leftist freakout of the new Trump administration: it seems that he gave a Nazi salute, and that reveals what this Make America Great Again business is all really about, now, doesn’t it?
A CNN talking head said: “It’s a salute. It was quick. I think our viewers are smart and they can take a look at that, but it certainly was, it’s not something that you typically see at American political rallies.” Rolling Stone was all over the big story, claiming that actual National Socialists were thrilled: “Right-Wing Extremists Are Abuzz Over Musk’s Straight-Arm Salute.”
The New Republic was in just-asking-questions mode: “Did Elon Musk Seriously Just Do a Nazi Salute at Trump’s Inauguration?” was their headline, but they were ready in the article itself to run with the insinuation: “During a speech at Capitol One Arena Monday following Donald Trump’s inauguration, Elon Musk appeared to deliver a Roman salute not once, but twice. The gesture is associated with Nazi Germany, and Musk was speaking triumphantly about Trump’s election victory when he made the salute.” The New York Times was a trifle more circumspect, going with “Elon Musk Ignites Online Speculation Over the Meaning of a Hand Gesture: Speaking at a celebratory rally in Washington, Mr. Musk twice extended his arm out with his palm facing down, drawing comparisons to the Nazi salute.”
The British leftist propaganda organs were likewise dead chuffed that Musk would (supposedly) drop the mask. “Elon Musk accused of giving ‘Nazi salute’ at Trump inauguration celebration,” crowed the Independent. Not to be outdone, the Guardian offered this: “Elon Musk appears to make back-to-back fascist salutes at inauguration rally.” The subheading was “Tech billionaire wades into controversy after shooting right arm on upwards diagonal during celebrations of Trump,” which is typical of the establishment media: it is routine procedure for them to target someone, stir up a controversy around him, and then claim that their target was the one who created the controversy.
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mike says
so when Pelosi, AOC & Biden did it not a word
David M says
The “British leftist propaganda organs” should concern themselves with the fact their country has gone to shit, free speech is dead there, & their socialist Labor government is continuing to run a protection racket for the Muslim pedophiles. Man, they hate Musk for exposing it.
Joe Scott says
Muzzle these pathetic spineless childish little lefty’s FFS… Elon Musk did NOTHING wrong…
Westman says
Musk’s gesture was heartfelt appreciation to the crowd.
The left media and radical left are insane, looking for any sign they might use to criticise the “normies”; completely unaware of the figurative middle finger they hold up to “normies” with the screeds they speak and write which keenly illustrate the angst and miserableness of their own lives. Kicking against a bed of nails and expecting happiness is not rational.
The Lefties of California, like canines chasing a car, thought the good life could be caught. Now, in charge, they have caught a mouthful of bad taste and an immovable incompetence. They shake their heads, wondering, “How this could be?”. Yet, they created a progressivism that caused incompetence through hedonism – which placed immediate enjoyment ahead of responsibility and devalued the common societal values. Unfortunately, one of those common values was sovereignty. Vicente Fox told his people, “Go to the US and take it back.” They weren’t the only ones watching and joining in.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Last night, I was watching Wilkow when he discussed this. He referred to this image, but then pointed out other Democrats who’ve done this in the past, such as Kamala, Hillary and Liewatha Warren
Using this CNN definition, I’m guessing that all those 3 other women are Nazis. Which I think they very closely are, although not b’cos of those salutes