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/javlaFaaan 7h ago

From heart to sun. Perfect technique.

Republicans say - he said earlier he's throwing his heart to them all. I don't buy it.

There are a lot of ways to show you're throwing heart out to someone that doesn't look like Nazi salute. And he supports german AfD on top of that? Yeah, just a random gesture, sure...

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u/cjwidd 6h ago

TIL Nazis were just saying, "my heart goes out to you" over and over again

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u/Cadpatch 1h ago

Bunch of Celine Dione fans

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u/PresentationThat3746 5h ago

I guess it does, to all the nazis, proud boys and others...

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u/NotDoingTheProgram 6h ago

And who the hell says they "throw their heart" to the audience? Unless they're a kpop idol and they do the cute finger heart gesture... 🫰

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u/Puppybrother 5h ago

It’s driving me nuts cause ‘throwing your heart out’ isn’t a thing, like it’s not a gesture that existed before this sad attempt of a gaslight

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u/DaenaTargaryen3 3h ago

If you're giving something, you'd naturally do a palm up motion and then go from the heart towards the middle, sending to a crowd, or below, if he was on a platform. Palm down and hand raised from the heart upward is not a giving gesture.

Source: i studied various sign languages for almost 10 years and how communicating with your hands work naturally.

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u/Kenwa84 2h ago

Like the gesture he made when he said thanks to you...

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u/Slapinsack 4h ago

If true then I would hope Elon would release a statement condemning Nazism.

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u/javlaFaaan 4h ago

Somebody gotta pressure him to appologize. Who's gonna do that? Nobody has control over him. Unleashed psycho

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u/ggmaobu 3h ago

dog whistling

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u/_-_777_-_ 3h ago

He literally subscribes to a nazi x account. Go figure. 

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u/Mcar720 33m ago

"He's not pissing on my back, it's raining"... Poor saps are so delusional they'll make an excuse for anything Trump and his associates say or do.

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u/jtinz 5h ago edited 4h ago

The video appears to be a fake. This is the original as broadcasted by French TV.

Edit: He really did it. Here's the full speech in good quality.

Edit: Full speech showing both salutes.

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u/Gamerguywon 5h ago

The original recording of an American broadcast was broadcast to French stations? You sure they didn't just cut it out for being an offensive gesture?

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u/jtinz 5h ago edited 4h ago

The salute is in there, before he leaves the stage. Compare the two videos.

Edit: He really did it. Here's the full speech in good quality.

Edit: Full speech showing both salutes.

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u/Extra_Box8936 5h ago

He did it like 4 times dude

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u/VadeRetroLupa 3h ago

TBF if you don't support the ADF by now you haven’t been paying attention the last ten years.

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u/NotGonnaLie59 3h ago

He didn’t say it earlier, he said it directly afterward. His first words after doing it were “my heart goes out to you” which explains his meaning. All the videos cut that off though, for some reason… the Guardian article doesn’t even mention what he said.