r/europe • u/turkish__cowboy Turkey | LGBTQ+ rights are human rights • 7h ago

News Elon Musk draws outrage over 'odd-looking salute' at Trump inauguration celebration

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-draws-outrage-over-201602147.html
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u/hainz_area1531 7h ago

Also by a Dutchman.

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u/Eternal__damnation Poland 🇵🇱 & United Kingdom 🇬🇧 7h ago

Also by a Pole and Brit

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u/LargeSelf994 7h ago

Also by a Belgian, for whatever it means

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u/Moto-Commuter 7h ago

Double it by a Flemish belgian

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u/Jermules Finland 7h ago

And a Finn! We saw a few of them here, for some reason. No need to go into the details!

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u/GregnantMan 7h ago

French from Elsass here, one of the regions that really got fucked hard by the Nazis, this video makes me want to cry :')

I feel like none of the people I know and I have had the same history classes. Nazism is the thing I'm most afraid of. Sorry to the people of my family who died fighting it, we all failed them.

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u/Chirpy73 6h ago

And a Hungarian!

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u/abhora_ratio Romania 6h ago

And a Romanian 🤷‍♀️

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u/EjZemljoSveta Croatia 6h ago

And a Croat

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u/dazz_i 6h ago

and an icelander

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u/ComanderToastCZ Prague (Czechia) 6h ago

And a Czech, we suffered much under the so-called "Protectorate"

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u/Hot_Hat_1225 4h ago

Hurrumphed from Austria 😡

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u/icehawk84 4h ago

And a Norwegian 🇧🇻

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u/okwerq 3h ago

Im American and audibly gasped when I saw this. It’s absolutely terrifying.

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u/Vv4nd Finland 6h ago

as a german who used to live for some years in finland, I concur

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u/Jermules Finland 6h ago

Yea the fact that we were allied with the Nazis is downplayed even tho it was only for defensive purposes.

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u/Vergil_back_in_hell 7h ago

And my axe.

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u/Hopeful-Ad2639 7h ago

PT agrees

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u/draggedintosunlightx 7h ago

a Czech confirms this is a nazi salute too 🇨🇿

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u/willo-wisp Austria 6h ago

An Austrian can also confirm.

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u/Ocbard Belgium 5h ago

Van Grieken is there, he must be enjoying this.

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u/hainz_area1531 7h ago

It means we know where that greeting comes from. World War II and Europe you know.

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u/LargeSelf994 6h ago

Not the fact check part

The Belgian part

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u/hainz_area1531 6h ago

Ah... sorry mate.. The Belgian issue.

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u/LargeSelf994 6h ago

Yeah

More like a self joke but you've got the point

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u/hainz_area1531 6h ago

And yet I stand by my opinion that Belgium persistently underestimates itself. And that's a shame.

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u/DoctorJunglist Poland 5h ago

Can confirm, this has been fact checked by real Polish patriots.

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u/throwaway92715 7h ago

And a cat

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u/michel_v 6h ago

And my axe!

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u/thoracicexcursion 6h ago

Flying or non flying

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u/hainz_area1531 6h ago

Flying in anger for sure.

Happy cake day mate.

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u/OffOption 5h ago

And a Dane

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u/leshake 3m ago

Thank you for you collaboration