#MotherNature #Salutes #tRUMP!

#Clouds #Photography #EastCoastKin
#Skyscape #LookUp

Happy New Year!🥳🎆
Thank you guys for being with me all the time
I’m happy even for such numbers🥰
That means you are interested in my work and you love me❤️
I love you too😘
See you in 2026

#art #furryart #furry #cat #HappyNewYear #happy #2026 #party #salutes #OC #OCart

#Salutes

U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (not pictured) interact with officials during a “coffee ceremony” at the Saudi Royal Court on May 13, 2025, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Win McNamee/Getty Images

June 2018, when Mr. Trump offered his hand to Gen. No Kwang-chol, who was recently promoted to defense chief, the general saluted instead. Mr. Trump quickly raised his own hand and saluted back.

#Trump #salutes #Saudi, 2025. Back in 2018, US General Eaton said, “It is wholly inappropriate for the commander in chief of our armed forces to salute the military of our adversary, especially one which is responsible for a regime of terror, murder and unspeakable horror against its own people.”

#TrumpU #Will #Focus #On #How #To #Sell #Used #Cars #By #Contantly #Doing #Patriotic #Nazi #Salutes #On #TV

Familiar style NYC subway car sticker, on the L train. Black with white letters, red circles depicting what not to do. Except the first is a swastika, the second a person giving a Nazi salute while littering, and the third red circle with a slash through it is the brand symbol for Tesla.

No littering, no loud music - - wait, wut? BRILL on the L train, NYC...
#Please #No #Nazi #Salutes #Swastikas #Swasticars or #Tesla #PresidentMusk #fascist #OurPutin #dictator #Constitutional #crisis #Russia #ally #sky #green #grass #blue #USA #hearts #fascism #ChristoFascism too

🫡😎🫡 #horrorwatch 🫡😎🫡
#salutes the #king of #bluesky
👑🎩👑 #SVENGOOLIE 👑🎩👑

France’s Bardella cancels CPAC speech after Steve Bannon’s ‘Nazi’ salute Bannon’s response: French far-right leader is “unworthy of leading France.”

Steve Bannon was doing #nazi #salutes before it was cool ("I did that exact same wave at Front National seven years ago ")

Now it seems the poor boy can't get a break. Sounds like a serious case of #elonenvy

Steve Bannon mimics Elon Musk's "Roman salute" as he vies to stay relevant (video) from boingboing rss feed

Steve Bannon mimics Elon Musk's "Roman salute" as he vies to stay relevant (video)
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#elon_musk #politics #salutes #steve_bannon #trump #boingboing

Steve Bannon mimics Elon Musk's "Roman salute" as he vies to stay relevant (video) Ju...

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Looks like #nazi #salutes #don't #help #sales

Mandatory jail for Nazi salutes under new Australia laws The new laws come amid a wave of high profile antisemitic attacks which have become a heated topic of debate.

6/2 2025

Mandatory jail for #Nazi #salutes under new Australia laws. —

#Hate #symbols and #terror #offences will be punishable with #mandatory #jail #terms ranging from one to six years in Australia...

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#Australia #Hate-crime-laws

Fact Check: Still Photos Do NOT Show Other Politicians Gesturing Just As Musk Did -- Videos Differ
#CheckTok #ElonMusk #DonaldTrump #FactCheck #Gestures #Salutes #Obama #Clinton #Bush
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Since we're talking about #salutes this week, here is a #comical thought by yours truly!

🤢🧪 There’s no limit to #shame!

Yesterday, the #Apple website displayed the message: “Today and every day, we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”

I wonder how King would have felt knowing that #TimCook attended #Trump’s inauguration, where his best pal #Musk made repeated #fascist #salutes!
🤔🥺😭

If it honks like a goose and it #goosesteps like a goose and it #salutes like a goose it's a fucking #nazi

Elon Musk appears to make back-to-back fascist salutes at inauguration rally Tech billionaire wades into controversy after shooting right arm on upwards diagonal during celebrations of Trump

#Elon_Musk appears to make back-to-back #fascist #salutes at inauguration rally

Tech billionaire wades into controversy after shooting right arm on upwards diagonal during celebrations of #Trump

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MAGA light: "Dems need to stop calling Trump, Hitler."

MAGA light tech bro #Elon #salutes the crowd at #inauguration2025

Elon Musk Appears to Give Nazi Salutes at Trump Rally <p>Elon Musk gave what appeared to be Nazi salutes at a rally held at Capitol One Arena on Monday after the inauguration of Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. And whatever Musk’s intention with the salutes, Americans on social media are extremely uncomfortable as they debate what it could mean for the future of the country.</p> <p>“This one really mattered. And I just want to say thank you for making it happen,” Musk said about Trump’s re-election to a crowd of supporters.</p> <p>The billionaire placed his right hand to his chest before forcefully extending his arm upward with his fingers <a href="https://x.com/atrupar/status/1881431018017554762">fully extended</a>. Musk then turned around and did the salute again to the crowd behind him. After the salutes, Musk told the crowd, “My heart goes out to you. It is thanks to you that the future of civilization is assured.”</p><div class="not-prose my-8 -mx-4 xs:max-w-xs xs:mx-auto"> <div class="whitespace-nowrap"> <script data-cfasync="false" src="https://gizmodo.com/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script><script id="54612ab9a0fa4d14bdc41e22140d69fb">(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7" }).render("54612ab9a0fa4d14bdc41e22140d69fb"); });</script> </div></div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-width="500"> <p dir="ltr" lang="und">um <a href="https://t.co/ISwJiM4EsH">pic.twitter.com/ISwJiM4EsH</a></p> <p>— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1881431018017554762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p> <p>News cameras captured the salute from a couple of <a href="https://youtu.be/KGHhC3OVK5g">angles</a>, including one further to Musk’s right side, which was broadcast online by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTtDaMQbNR4">Reuters</a>. The salute was unmistakably similar to those used by the Nazis in the 1930s and 40s.</p> <div class="od-wrapper od-wrapper-both od-background"> <div class="Mobile_Pos1 od-mobile" id="optidigital-adslot-Mobile_Pos1" style="display:none"></div><div class="Content_1 od-desktop" id="optidigital-adslot-Content_1" style="display:none"></div> </div> <div class="not-prose video-container"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" data-lazy-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KGHhC3OVK5g?feature=oembed" data-rocket-lazyload="fitvidscompatible" frameborder="0" height="281" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="about:blank" title="Elon Musk appears to give two Nazi salutes (Jan. 20, 2025)" width="500"></iframe><noscript><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KGHhC3OVK5g?feature=oembed" title="Elon Musk appears to give two Nazi salutes (Jan. 20, 2025)" width="500"></iframe></noscript></div> <p>Mainstream news outlets seemed hesitant to describe the salute as something that’s clearly associated with Nazism. As <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-inauguration-2025-live-updates-rcna184510/rcrd69726?canonicalCard=true">NBC News</a> put it, “Musk then forcefully touched his heart, before raising his hand and saluting supporters.”</p> <div class="od-wrapper od-wrapper-both od-background"> <div class="Mobile_Pos2 od-mobile" id="optidigital-adslot-Mobile_Pos2" style="display:none"></div><div class="Content_2 od-desktop" id="optidigital-adslot-Content_2" style="display:none"></div> </div> <p>The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/20/us/trump-inauguration-president/7bb53c46-80d3-51aa-815d-cf3332ffc564?smid=url-share">liveblog</a> failed to mention Musk’s salute at all, instead noting that he, “spoke briefly at the rally at the Capital One Arena and vowed to take DOGE, his cost-cutting effort, ‘to Mars.'”</p> <p>The Getty Images photo shows a caption on its website <a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/tesla-and-spacex-ceo-elon-musk-gestures-as-he-speaks-during-news-photo/2194418262?adppopup=true">that reads</a>, “Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capitol One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.”</p> <p>The reaction online seemed to be one of complete shock with simple tweets reading “what?” being extremely common. Others sarcastically referred to Musk’s salutes as “<a href="https://x.com/EmmaVigeland/status/1881432420333003063">subtle</a>.”</p> <div class="od-wrapper od-wrapper-both od-background"> <div class="Mobile_Pos3 od-mobile" id="optidigital-adslot-Mobile_Pos3" style="display:none"></div><div class="Content_3 od-desktop" id="optidigital-adslot-Content_3" style="display:none"></div> </div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-width="500"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">And the Trump presidency begins with the richest person in the world giving a Nazi salute. <a href="https://t.co/iGZtTB2UZB">pic.twitter.com/iGZtTB2UZB</a></p> <p>— Mr. Beat (@beatmastermatt) <a href="https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt/status/1881436306217308577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p> <p>Some people referred to the gesture as a “roman salute,” which does indeed predate the Nazi era. But ever since the 1940s, the gesture has become fully associated with the Nazis, who built a fascist dictatorship that killed 6 million Jews during the Holocaust.</p> <div class="od-wrapper od-wrapper-both od-background"> <div class="Mobile_Pos4 od-mobile" id="optidigital-adslot-Mobile_Pos4" style="display:none"></div><div class="Content_4 od-desktop" id="optidigital-adslot-Content_4" style="display:none"></div> </div> <p>Philip Bump of the Washington Post noted on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/pbump.com/post/3lg77yvzkc22p">Bluesky</a> that anyone trying to defend Musk’s salutes as being “roman salutes” and not necessarily associated with the Nazis were not arguing in good faith.</p> <div class="not-prose"><blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreidklrdmwrpirqkhbmk5azggvwqaj7sgpu2qtibu7va2jvmsjcfl7q" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:rogqxhzq6vy54nbuy4n6rwyd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg77yvzkc22p"> <p lang="en">“It was a Roman salute” is an updated version of “actually, the Buddhists also used swastikas.” If you are using it post-1945, you know very well that the association has changed.</p> <p>— Philip Bump (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rogqxhzq6vy54nbuy4n6rwyd?ref_src=embed">@pbump.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rogqxhzq6vy54nbuy4n6rwyd/post/3lg77yvzkc22p?ref_src=embed">January 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM</a></p></blockquote></div> <p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js"></script></p> <p>Musk himself shared the entire video of his <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1881438950218510700">short speech</a> on X, even as other users focused exclusively on the Nazi salutes.</p> <div class="od-wrapper od-wrapper-both od-background"> <div class="Mobile_Pos5 od-mobile" id="optidigital-adslot-Mobile_Pos5" style="display:none"></div><div class="Content_5 od-desktop" id="optidigital-adslot-Content_5" style="display:none"></div> </div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-width="500"> <p dir="ltr" lang="zxx"><a href="https://t.co/hH6i7xYy60">pic.twitter.com/hH6i7xYy60</a></p> <p>— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1881438950218510700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p> <p>Obviously people across social media were disturbed by what they see as the Trump administration’s embrace of fascism. But now that Musk has made a salute associated with the most evil regime of the 20th century, vulnerable people will be even more concerned about how bad things are going to get in the days, weeks, and months ahead.</p> <p>Extremists online celebrated Musk’s salutes, clearly understanding them to be Nazi gestures.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-width="500"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">this is projecting 2025 by the way. the version libs were freaking out about was a fake moderate version that we gaslighted them into believing as a joke. <a href="https://t.co/OmmfIozKts">https://t.co/OmmfIozKts</a></p> <p>— Anime Kaiser Willy II (@praesto04) <a href="https://twitter.com/praesto04/status/1881446448207925338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p> <div class="od-wrapper od-wrapper-both od-background"> <div class="Mobile_Pos6 od-mobile" id="optidigital-adslot-Mobile_Pos6" style="display:none"></div><div class="Content_6 od-desktop" id="optidigital-adslot-Content_6" style="display:none"></div> </div> <p>Even some extremists still referred to it as a “roman salute” while tying it to other neo-Nazi moments.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-width="500"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">It's been a long road from <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardBSpencer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RichardBSpencer</a>'s Heil Trump speech in 2016 to <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a>'s speech on <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>'s Inauguration Day in 2025</p> <p>But after eight long years, the Roman salute is officially back in power <a href="https://t.co/7kMducfgTw">pic.twitter.com/7kMducfgTw</a></p> <p>— Augustus Invictus (@EmperorInvictus) <a href="https://twitter.com/EmperorInvictus/status/1881450858581512429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p> <div class="od-wrapper od-wrapper-both od-background"> <div class="Mobile_Pos7 od-mobile" id="optidigital-adslot-Mobile_Pos7" style="display:none"></div><div class="Content_7 od-desktop" id="optidigital-adslot-Content_7" style="display:none"></div> </div> <p>But a handful of Musk fans insisted that the billionaire wasn’t actually making Nazi salutes, with Ian Miles Cheong, a far-right influencer, writing that reporter Aaron Rupar had somehow edited the clip in a misleading way. It’s not entirely clear what Cheong seems to mean, since everyone can see the salutes for themselves.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-width="500"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Left wing propagandist Aaron Rupar disingenuously clipped Elon Musk to make it seem as if he was giving the Roman salute in his celebration of America. Here is the part he left out. <br/> <a href="https://t.co/egdtyD4ewM">pic.twitter.com/egdtyD4ewM</a></p> <p>— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1881438232518541459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p> <div class="od-wrapper od-wrapper-both od-background"> <div class="Mobile_Pos8 od-mobile" id="optidigital-adslot-Mobile_Pos8" style="display:none"></div><div class="Content_8 od-desktop" id="optidigital-adslot-Content_8" style="display:none"></div> </div> <p> </p> <p>Gizmodo attempted to reach out for comment at Musk’s companies Tesla and X but didn’t immediately get a response. We’ll update this post if we hear back.</p>

Elon Musk Appears to Give Nazi Salutes at Trump Rally The billionaire Tesla CEO has a history of ...

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Elon Musk Appears to Give Nazi Salutes at Trump Rally <p>Elon Musk gave what appeared to be Nazi salutes at a rally held at Capitol One Arena on Monday after the inauguration of Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. And whatever Musk’s intention with the salutes, Americans on social media are extremely uncomfortable as they debate what it could mean for the future of the country.</p> <p>“This one really mattered. And I just want to say thank you for making it happen,” Musk said about Trump’s re-election to a crowd of supporters.</p> <p>The billionaire placed his right hand to his chest before forcefully extending his arm upward with his fingers <a href="https://x.com/atrupar/status/1881431018017554762">fully extended</a>. Musk then turned around and did the salute again to the crowd behind him. After the salutes, Musk told the crowd, “My heart goes out to you. It is thanks to you that the future of civilization is assured.”</p><div class="not-prose my-8 -mx-4 xs:max-w-xs xs:mx-auto"> <div class="whitespace-nowrap"> <script data-cfasync="false" src="https://gizmodo.com/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script><script id="54612ab9a0fa4d14bdc41e22140d69fb">(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7" }).render("54612ab9a0fa4d14bdc41e22140d69fb"); });</script> </div></div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-width="500"> <p dir="ltr" lang="und">um <a href="https://t.co/ISwJiM4EsH">pic.twitter.com/ISwJiM4EsH</a></p> <p>— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1881431018017554762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p> <p>News cameras captured the salute from a couple of <a href="https://youtu.be/KGHhC3OVK5g">angles</a>, including one further to Musk’s right side, which was broadcast online by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTtDaMQbNR4">Reuters</a>. The salute was unmistakably similar to those used by the Nazis in the 1930s and 40s.</p> <div class="od-wrapper od-wrapper-both od-background"> <div class="Mobile_Pos1 od-mobile" id="optidigital-adslot-Mobile_Pos1" style="display:none"></div><div class="Content_1 od-desktop" id="optidigital-adslot-Content_1" style="display:none"></div> </div> <div class="not-prose video-container"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" data-lazy-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KGHhC3OVK5g?feature=oembed" data-rocket-lazyload="fitvidscompatible" frameborder="0" height="281" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="about:blank" title="Elon Musk appears to give two Nazi salutes (Jan. 20, 2025)" width="500"></iframe><noscript><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KGHhC3OVK5g?feature=oembed" title="Elon Musk appears to give two Nazi salutes (Jan. 20, 2025)" width="500"></iframe></noscript></div> <p>Mainstream news outlets seemed hesitant to describe the salute as something that’s clearly associated with Nazism. As <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-inauguration-2025-live-updates-rcna184510/rcrd69726?canonicalCard=true">NBC News</a> put it, “Musk then forcefully touched his heart, before raising his hand and saluting supporters.”</p> <div class="od-wrapper od-wrapper-both od-background"> <div class="Mobile_Pos2 od-mobile" id="optidigital-adslot-Mobile_Pos2" style="display:none"></div><div class="Content_2 od-desktop" id="optidigital-adslot-Content_2" style="display:none"></div> </div> <p>The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/20/us/trump-inauguration-president/7bb53c46-80d3-51aa-815d-cf3332ffc564?smid=url-share">liveblog</a> failed to mention Musk’s salute at all, instead noting that he, “spoke briefly at the rally at the Capital One Arena and vowed to take DOGE, his cost-cutting effort, ‘to Mars.'”</p> <p>The Getty Images photo shows a caption on its website <a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/tesla-and-spacex-ceo-elon-musk-gestures-as-he-speaks-during-news-photo/2194418262?adppopup=true">that reads</a>, “Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capitol One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.”</p> <p>The reaction online seemed to be one of complete shock with simple tweets reading “what?” being extremely common. Others sarcastically referred to Musk’s salutes as “<a href="https://x.com/EmmaVigeland/status/1881432420333003063">subtle</a>.”</p> <div class="od-wrapper od-wrapper-both od-background"> <div class="Mobile_Pos3 od-mobile" id="optidigital-adslot-Mobile_Pos3" style="display:none"></div><div class="Content_3 od-desktop" id="optidigital-adslot-Content_3" style="display:none"></div> </div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-width="500"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">And the Trump presidency begins with the richest person in the world giving a Nazi salute. <a href="https://t.co/iGZtTB2UZB">pic.twitter.com/iGZtTB2UZB</a></p> <p>— Mr. Beat (@beatmastermatt) <a href="https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt/status/1881436306217308577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p> <p>Some people referred to the gesture as a “roman salute,” which does indeed predate the Nazi era. But ever since the 1940s, the gesture has become fully associated with the Nazis, who built a fascist dictatorship that killed 6 million Jews during the Holocaust.</p> <div class="od-wrapper od-wrapper-both od-background"> <div class="Mobile_Pos4 od-mobile" id="optidigital-adslot-Mobile_Pos4" style="display:none"></div><div class="Content_4 od-desktop" id="optidigital-adslot-Content_4" style="display:none"></div> </div> <p>Philip Bump of the Washington Post noted on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/pbump.com/post/3lg77yvzkc22p">Bluesky</a> that anyone trying to defend Musk’s salutes as being “roman salutes” and not necessarily associated with the Nazis were not arguing in good faith.</p> <div class="not-prose"><blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreidklrdmwrpirqkhbmk5azggvwqaj7sgpu2qtibu7va2jvmsjcfl7q" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:rogqxhzq6vy54nbuy4n6rwyd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg77yvzkc22p"> <p lang="en">“It was a Roman salute” is an updated version of “actually, the Buddhists also used swastikas.” If you are using it post-1945, you know very well that the association has changed.</p> <p>— Philip Bump (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rogqxhzq6vy54nbuy4n6rwyd?ref_src=embed">@pbump.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rogqxhzq6vy54nbuy4n6rwyd/post/3lg77yvzkc22p?ref_src=embed">January 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM</a></p></blockquote></div> <p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js"></script></p> <p>Musk himself shared the entire video of his <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1881438950218510700">short speech</a> on X, even as other users focused exclusively on the Nazi salutes.</p> <div class="od-wrapper od-wrapper-both od-background"> <div class="Mobile_Pos5 od-mobile" id="optidigital-adslot-Mobile_Pos5" style="display:none"></div><div class="Content_5 od-desktop" id="optidigital-adslot-Content_5" style="display:none"></div> </div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-width="500"> <p dir="ltr" lang="zxx"><a href="https://t.co/hH6i7xYy60">pic.twitter.com/hH6i7xYy60</a></p> <p>— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1881438950218510700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p> <p>Obviously people across social media were disturbed by what they see as the Trump administration’s embrace of fascism. But now that Musk has made a salute associated with the most evil regime of the 20th century, vulnerable people will be even more concerned about how bad things are going to get in the days, weeks, and months ahead.</p> <p>Extremists online celebrated Musk’s salutes, clearly understanding them to be Nazi gestures.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-width="500"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">this is projecting 2025 by the way. the version libs were freaking out about was a fake moderate version that we gaslighted them into believing as a joke. <a href="https://t.co/OmmfIozKts">https://t.co/OmmfIozKts</a></p> <p>— Anime Kaiser Willy II (@praesto04) <a href="https://twitter.com/praesto04/status/1881446448207925338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p> <div class="od-wrapper od-wrapper-both od-background"> <div class="Mobile_Pos6 od-mobile" id="optidigital-adslot-Mobile_Pos6" style="display:none"></div><div class="Content_6 od-desktop" id="optidigital-adslot-Content_6" style="display:none"></div> </div> <p>Even some extremists still referred to it as a “roman salute” while tying it to other neo-Nazi moments.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-width="500"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">It's been a long road from <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardBSpencer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RichardBSpencer</a>'s Heil Trump speech in 2016 to <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a>'s speech on <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>'s Inauguration Day in 2025</p> <p>But after eight long years, the Roman salute is officially back in power <a href="https://t.co/7kMducfgTw">pic.twitter.com/7kMducfgTw</a></p> <p>— Augustus Invictus (@EmperorInvictus) <a href="https://twitter.com/EmperorInvictus/status/1881450858581512429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p> <div class="od-wrapper od-wrapper-both od-background"> <div class="Mobile_Pos7 od-mobile" id="optidigital-adslot-Mobile_Pos7" style="display:none"></div><div class="Content_7 od-desktop" id="optidigital-adslot-Content_7" style="display:none"></div> </div> <p>But a handful of Musk fans insisted that the billionaire wasn’t actually making Nazi salutes, with Ian Miles Cheong, a far-right influencer, writing that reporter Aaron Rupar had somehow edited the clip in a misleading way. It’s not entirely clear what Cheong seems to mean, since everyone can see the salutes for themselves.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-width="500"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Left wing propagandist Aaron Rupar disingenuously clipped Elon Musk to make it seem as if he was giving the Roman salute in his celebration of America. Here is the part he left out. <br/> <a href="https://t.co/egdtyD4ewM">pic.twitter.com/egdtyD4ewM</a></p> <p>— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1881438232518541459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p> <div class="od-wrapper od-wrapper-both od-background"> <div class="Mobile_Pos8 od-mobile" id="optidigital-adslot-Mobile_Pos8" style="display:none"></div><div class="Content_8 od-desktop" id="optidigital-adslot-Content_8" style="display:none"></div> </div> <p> </p> <p>Gizmodo attempted to reach out for comment at Musk’s companies Tesla and X but didn’t immediately get a response. We’ll update this post if we hear back.</p>

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