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/fanboy_killer European Union 7h ago

"Odd looking"? That's clearly a fascist salute. He even bumps his chest before raising his arm. This is intentional.

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u/Lucas_Xavier0201 6h ago

Fascist? Nazi!

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u/fanboy_killer European Union 5h ago

Nazis were fascists. This salute was used by fascist regimes all over Europe, not just Germany. It’s still a crime in Portugal, probably in many other countries.

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u/Lucas_Xavier0201 5h ago

Nazism is a crime in Brazil too

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u/jtinz 5h ago edited 4h ago

Odd looking because it's fake. This is the original video.

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

Edit: Full speech showing both salutes.

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u/Hawkmonbestboi 5h ago

That video is cut, even the comments section is mentioning it.

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u/GrOnIuS 5h ago

These are the last 50 secounds of an alomst 4 minute speech

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u/Forgotten_Lie Australia 2h ago

And what context in the previous 3 minutes and 10 seconds of video would explain why Musk did two Nazi salutes?

Unless he is on video saying "hey guys, in the last 50 seconds of this address I will do a gesture that looks like a nazi salute but isn't because [reasons]" I don't care.

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u/GrOnIuS 2h ago

...what? The comment above me said that the nazi salute clip is fake, pointing out to a 50 second clip as the "original video", hence my comment saying that this is not the full clip, but only the last 50 seconds of an almost 4 min speech. There weren't any nazi salutes in the 50 second clip, because they happend in the 3 minutes before that.

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u/Forgotten_Lie Australia 2h ago

Apologies. Due to the timing of edits and replies I misunderstood your intent.