Neo-Nazis are celebrating Elon Musk Giving two Nazi salutes during a speech in front of thousands of people President Donald Trump Supporter On Monday.
“Elections come and go, some elections matter, some don't, but this one really matters,” Musk said during his address inside Capital One Arena in Washington, DC. Trump sworn in as 47th President of the United States“And I just want to say thank you for making this possible. Thank you.”
At this point, Musk placed his right hand on his chest and extended it straight forward, with his palm facing down and his fingers touching, a gesture widely recognized as the “Roman salute”. Adopted by the fascist movement a century ago, its most famous use was by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany, and to this day it is associated with the fascist right, especially in Italy.
After making the gesture for the first time, Musk turned to the crowd members who were sitting behind him and repeated the gesture with his back to the camera.
“My heart goes out to you,” Musk said.
Musk later shared a clip of his speech at the Clip posted by Musk Cuts to a shot of the audience before cutting back to show another saluting him.
Musk, Xi and the Trump administration did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The reaction from the neo-Nazi community around the world was immediate and unanimous.
“Incredible things are already happening,” Andrew Torba, founder of Gab, the social media platform popular among anti-Semites and white supremacists, wrote over a photo of Musk saluting.
“It seems like the whole neo-Nazi movement is eating into it,” says Nick Martin, an investigative journalist who closely follows extremist groups and runs an online publication. informer“He gave two impromptu Nazi salutes and he got the message loud and clear.”
“We're coming back,” the administrator of a Nazi meme channel on Telegram wrote beneath a clip of Musk saluting. Group members reacted with lightning bolt emojis, A well-known neo-Nazi reference To SS.
“I don't care if it was a mistake, I'll enjoy the tears over it,” Christopher Pohlhaus, leader American neo-Nazi group Blood Tribewrote under a GIF of Musk salute on his Telegram channel.
Keith Wood, a prominent far-right influencer in Ireland who has repeatedly praised Musk, responded to the action by writing on X: “Okay, maybe Woke really is dead.”
Right-wing political commentator Evan Kilgore wrote on Kilgore later wrote: “We have come too far behind.”
Kilgore, who holocaust denierCharlie Kirk has served as an ambassador for Turning Point USA. The conservative activist group hosted a pre-inauguration ball Sunday evening that included J.D. Vance, who was inaugurated as vice president today, and the president's son, Donald Trump Jr.
Musk has Adopted far-right ideologies and personalities around the worldIncluding Tommy Robinson, the Islamophobic activist who has been jailed in Britain for the past two years. Recently, he has promoted the German far-right political party Alternative for Germany. In an hour-long interview with party leader Alice Weidel earlier this month, Musk agreed with the wild conspiracy theory. that hitler was a communist,