Elon Musk responded to accusations of using a Nazi salute with a post full of wordplay and references to Nazi leaders Rudolf Hess, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Gőring and and Heinrich Himmler.

Elon Musk Doubles Down On Salute Controversy With A Bunch Of Nazi Jokes. Sara Boboltz. January 23, ... Rudolf Hess. “Some people will Goebbels anything down!” he joked, ...

Elon Musk turns Inauguration Day salute into Nazi-themed jokes The incident lasted only seconds, but it sparked what has become a global debate about how to interpret what Musk did. Then Musk ...

The Anti-Defamation League is finally scolding Elon Musk for Nazi jokes made days after his questionable Inauguration Day salute.

To be clear, giving what looks like a Nazi salute not just once but twice is not something associated with “my heart goes out to you.” That’s simply not a thing that exists in American culture.

It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too," Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a professor of history at New York University, wrote on Bluesky. Regardless of Musk's intention, ...

Within hours of Donald Trump taking the oath of office, billionaire Elon Musk gave the Nazi salute during his speech at an inauguration rally. It was not an accident or a mistake, he did it twice.

Following U.S. President Donald Trump's second inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20, 2025, online users spread video clips promoting a rumor that tech entrepreneur Elon Musk gave a "Nazi salute ...

British officials who interrogated Hess found him hopelessly saturated with Nazi propaganda. If Hess could be taken as accurate evidence, even top-rank Nazis lived in the unreal world their ...

Musk’s post references Hitler’s deputy party leader, Rudolf Hess; Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels; ... (D-N.Y.) also criticized Musk for the gesture, which she described as a Nazi salute.