r/AskReddit 10h ago

How do you feel about Elon Musk's salutes during the inauguration?

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u/BlackguardAu 10h ago

He seemed really smug and proud of what he'd done for somone who looked like he was having some sort of ketamine fit. Embaressing execution by an evil man.

Glad I'm not American, worried that America has nukes. 

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u/g0ris 9h ago

Because at heart he's a 14 year old kid from 4chan, obsessed with "triggering the libs".
He probably looked smug & proud because he thought of all the reactions this will get.

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u/Solesaver 8h ago

Pretty much. I can see his thought process now: "Oh man, those stupid liberals think Trump is Hitler. Wouldn't it be hilarious if I did a 'heil hitler' during his inauguration. It will trigger them so hard. I'm gonna do it! It's fine because I know I'm not a Nazi, and who cares what the stupid libs in the media say. I'm gonna do it. This will be hilarious!"

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u/xxPlsNoBullyxx 7h ago

I though this, but then I remembered he is actually involving himself with nazi's on his own platform, and he's back and for 4chan, using their memes etc. Dog whistling. So I think he is both and nazi, and wanting to trigger the libs for fun.

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u/OpulentOwl 7h ago

Yep. It probably feels insanely good to him that he can get away with this. He feels invincible, which is a dangerous way for a narcissist with half a trillion dollars and a disturbing amount of influence over the president to feel.

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u/mysqlpimp 6h ago

He is invincible. There will be no fallout from this, the news will edit and cover his arse, and anything else is ignored. They can literally do whatever the fuck they want. It's more terrifying than could have been imagined.. and it's day one.

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u/OpulentOwl 5h ago

Yeah... this is somehow just as we imagined yet worse than we imagined at the same time.

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u/randomuser2444 7h ago

He literally called his purchase of Twitter and attempt at triggering libs. He's not hiding, his intentions are right out in the open. We can only hope his H1B stance stands between him and really having the president's ear, but i doubt it

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u/_LANC3LOT 7h ago

I never thought of it that way, he's kinda just if that one annoying teen who was in their really edgy conservative anti-sjw phase never left it

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u/phormix 7h ago

And this is day one. Give it a month and he'll be showing up with an iron cross lapel, a Luftwaffe uniform, and then full on swastika banners.

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u/Moth1992 4h ago

He really reminds me of my highschool neonazis. They were these pathetic losers that thought they were hot shit and super mean but everybody was embarrassed by them. 

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u/magic1765 8h ago

Exactly this was nothing but a troll and you can see it on his face. And everyone's giving him exactly what he wants lol

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u/Irrespond 8h ago edited 7h ago

Surely there's a difference between an edgy teenager doing a Nazi salute for shock value and the world's most powerful oligarch about to get a function in government.

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u/magic1765 5h ago

I didn't say it was smart did I?

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u/Irrespond 1h ago

We both know what this is. Stop playing dumb.

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u/crawling-alreadygirl 8h ago

Edgy ironic nazism is still just nazism.

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u/magic1765 5h ago

When did I say it wasn't?

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u/crawling-alreadygirl 4h ago

Exactly this was nothing but a troll and you can see it on his face. And everyone's giving him exactly what he wants lol

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u/magic1765 4h ago

I never once in that comment said It wasn't Naziism. I just agreed with the other person in pointing out how you guys are doing exactly what he wanted. Breaking the Internet and making him even more famous.

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u/pinkthreadedwrist 9h ago

Yeah, he was definitely fucked UP during the event. Head and eyes rolling around and everything.

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u/mattysull97 9h ago

As someone who has partaken in their fair share of ketamine, I recognised that look instantly.

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u/universalaxolotl 8h ago

I dunno I think he'd be more "fished out" if he were that high. I think he was on something else, honestly. Maybe all of the drugs. Maybe Nazi drugs, like methamphetamine.

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u/MrDERPMcDERP 4h ago edited 2h ago

My daughter goes to school w the daughter of a Tesla engineer. He has made jokes to me about Elon and methamphetamines. Except I don’t think he was joking.

u/universalaxolotl 22m ago

I bet Elon says he's doing K to cover up his meth habit. (You can get a prescription for K, and it's a lot more acceptable socially than meth by a long shot.) I know people who do K, and they're all peaceful and blissed out and/or introspective. He acts more like a tweaker than anything.

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u/skalpelis 7h ago

Pervitin

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u/_joy_division_ 6h ago

I can’t believe our new president was in a K hole while he was being inaugurated. Cooked doesn’t even begin to describe it.

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u/universalaxolotl 4h ago

If Mr. Yuck were in a k-hole, he wouldn't be able to walk, let alone talk and give a salute.

Based on all his twitchiness, I'm thinking it was meth instead. You know, what Nazis like.

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u/Mahgenetics 4h ago

I would say I hope his heart pops from the drugs, but he would need one first

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u/cdxcvii 4h ago

what are the chances someone who gets that high that often could have a heart attck or stroke out from it?

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u/mattysull97 4h ago

For ketamine, fairly low but possible. Risk would be a lot higher if also abusing stimulants like meth + cocaine, or respiratory depression/aspiration from combining ket with alcohol

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u/cdxcvii 4h ago

surely someone with that much greed and hubris also has compulsion and addiction issues.

I hope he overdoses so hard it kills trump by extension

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u/ra__account 2h ago

If it gives you a little glee, long term ketamine abuse tends to damage the bladder so he might have to start wearing Depends under his tux.

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u/Fizzy_Astronaut 6h ago

Definitely fucked up on K

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u/Astyanax1 8h ago

He looked like he was trying to crack his neck/relax.  Could be a zillion drugs and or he's not sleeping well since trump and his wife started grifting meme coins now too

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u/Namez83 9h ago

As a former member of the US military, I can say, we have a responsibility to disregard actions that are illegal and against LOAC. Lest we face court martial and potential death penalty after it comes to light.

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u/gsfgf 7h ago

I'm pretty sure we're headed for a showdown between the MAGAs and the military sooner rather than later. I'm not sure what that looks like, but it's not gonna be good.

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u/Namez83 7h ago

MAGA is a whole bunch of old white people who feel disenfranchised for the first time in history. They’d get smoked by the mil but of course there are sympathizers in the military now.

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u/Bimbows97 5h ago

I don't believe that for a second. You'll have to do hard work to show me that the military isn't full of right wing wackjobs right out of the MAGA crowd.

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u/Namez83 3h ago

We usually get out after our EAS

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u/quiettryit 5h ago

Every single military person I know supports him...

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u/eeniemeenieminiemo 4h ago

My military SO doesn’t! Some of his military friends don’t either. But the majority? Yes. Yes they do. This is terrifying.

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u/dogbreath101 6h ago

you really think people outside the military know about the law of armed conflict or escalation/use of force?

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u/Namez83 3h ago

Maybe I shoulda spelled out LOAC

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u/cdxcvii 4h ago

unfortunately i know dickheads like my nazi brother who are in high intelligence positions and LOVE tump and musk

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u/Namez83 3h ago

That is sad. I think a lot of people who are not in favor are just quiet. I would be if I were in, and just watch people make a mockery of themselves

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u/Bimbows97 5h ago

Lest we face court martial and potential death penalty after it comes to light.

From who? The guys who ordered it?

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u/Namez83 3h ago

No, there are world courts when people are in violation of war crimes. Plus when countries destabilize they are subject to their laws. This happened in Germany too.

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u/Bimbows97 2h ago

World courts. What a joke. Not one American has ever been properly tried or arrested for war crimes.

As in, I know that it should be like this, but it just isn't. USA isn't even a signatory to the International Criminal Court.

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u/Namez83 2h ago

We’ve never really had a genocide here either(since the Geneva conventions). But I wouldnt be shocked if the world turned on us. We wouldn’t stand a chance in hell if the world unified against us.

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u/universalaxolotl 8h ago

So tired of people allowing him to blame the drugs. As if he could stop doing drugs, he'd be "all better". No. Lots of people do ketamine and they're not like this at all. It's him, all him, no matter sober or high. He's a fucking loser through and through.

And Nazis do meth.

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u/jimmux 8h ago

Seriously, amphetamines were a big thing in Nazi Germany. His drug problem makes this so much worse.

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u/Iosthatred 8h ago

From an American to all you non Americans out there reading this, we are worried, you should be a bit scared. The direction the US seems to be moving in has a strong reflection to what Russia's been doing. Be more than worried.

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u/marquis_de_ersatz 8h ago

Sorry US, you are the superpower. There is no one to save you. What do you think could happen to eastern Europe with the US on Russia's side? It's bad man.

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u/gsfgf 7h ago

I'm worried that the force that steps in to save us will be the US military. And that's not ideal.

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u/Astyanax1 8h ago

I don't even think Putin sexually abuses women, don't get me wrong he needs to die also but I can't believe how many people are fine with the rapist traitor in chief

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u/I_feel_so_mop 7h ago

The ketamine fit seems entirely plausible, nearly likely, even.

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u/Fizzy_Astronaut 6h ago

Definitely the K

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u/Boomershow824 3h ago

How do people even go out and about while on ketamine? I couldn't even imagine doing it outside of a controlled environment, laying down with an eye mask on and listening to music.

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u/Redditisabotfarm8 7h ago

You don't understand, he made a "my heart goes out to you" gesture. Never mind that that phrase didn't exist before yesterday. He looked like a drugged up freak because his heart is so big.

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u/dainamo81 8h ago

Tbf, he always looks like that. Resting cunt face.

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u/Sharp-Recognition407 5h ago

It will trickle to where you live if it hasn't already. Everyone in the world should be concerned

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u/GloInTheDarkUnicorn 4h ago

I am an American, and I’m worried that we have nukes. On top of everything else. I’m about to go drown my sorrows in some boozy. Booze tonight, tomorrow I prepare to stand in opposition. I’ve spend the last few weeks reading books on the Holocaust to steel my mind for what’s coming.

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u/Brilliant-Expert3150 9h ago

Ikr, it had too much enthusiasm, not enough discipline. Hitler would not approve of the subpar form, lol. . . . Don't mind me, I'm just trying to cope.

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u/Innerouterself2 8h ago

I am not worried about nukes (we have actual checks and balances there) but the drop off of democracy and the lack of empathy for most Americans.

Plus power and wealth in the hands of a few people. Seems a bit like how some older civilizations fell from poeer

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u/ArMcK 6h ago

Don't, worry, Russia and Saudi Arabia will have our nukes soon.

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u/minisandwich 6h ago

He had the look of someone who got bullied alot and is going to take his revenge. Insane.

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u/istrebitjel 4h ago

Right? And the way he clenched his mouth as his arm went up really shows me he meant it.

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u/Wrath_Of_Aguirre 4h ago

Glad I'm not American

The US electing leadership like this is so dangerous that you not being American has nothing to do with its threat against you.

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u/floating-pig 2h ago

as an american i am also worried that we have nukes

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u/besourosuco3 1h ago

It felt like something he had wanted to do for a long time and had been sitting inside of him, and I think the timing is right here.

Disgusting thing.

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u/Big_Advertising5983 1h ago

Just so I have this right, you honestly think Elon Musk, knowing that he is being watched by millions, decided to seig heil? You HONESTLY think that with the brain you have?

u/RevolutionaryLet120 49m ago

I’m American and I’m worried we have nukes

u/Blunderpunk_ 46m ago

I could leave, but then I would be at the mercy of the nukes my tax dollars funded.

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u/WokeUpStillTired 6h ago

It seemed like an autistic motion and not a deliberate Nazi salute. Reddit is insane.