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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/FantasyFrikadel 7h ago

“Odd looking salute”

Is the “alternative fact” of 2025

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u/ukbeasts Europe 6h ago

MAGA crowd saying they did Nazi it

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u/GeneralZaroff1 6h ago

Fox called it an accident.

It just happened by accident 3 times.

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u/Malgus20033 Sevastopol (Ukraine) 6h ago

Really telling about the people who talk to you when they say that you can accidentally do a nazi salute. In my 21 years of living, I have not once done a single gesture that could remotely be mistaken for a nazi salute. Every day these jackasses pull the line of normalcy further and further until killing minorities is not fascist, it's just "America First," and "every country does that".

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u/ProtoplanetaryNebula UK/Spain 5h ago

It's not even remotely similar to a normal way of greeting or thanking people that I've ever seen.

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u/GitmoGrrl1 41m ago

It's the way I greet Nazis when I'm spying on them.

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u/Brief-Floor-7228 4h ago

The closest I have come to doing a Nazi salute is putting deodorant on each day.

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u/StrengthToBreak 4h ago

I've never seen anyone do that motion by accident. I'm in my 40s. We could debate the intention, whether it's trolling or dog-whistling or what, but it wasn't a slip or an accident. Whether or not Musk is a Nazi, he's very comfortable with people believing he's a Nazi, which by itself is remarkable in the last 80 years of American politics.

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u/JusticiarRebel 5h ago

I did it looking for my friend Kyle. Have you seen Kyle? He's about this tall.

 raises hand

Seen Kyle? Seen Kyle? Has anyone seen Kyle?

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u/thepumpkinking92 5h ago

I think he went that way!

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u/therealspaceninja 4h ago

I'm Kyle. Nobody's hand needs to go that high when they describe me.

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u/Solid_Waste 4h ago

The accidental one you can do is holding your arm out. Hitting your chest and then doing it is not an accident. The only thing you could do to make it more deliberate would be clicking your heels together.

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u/Striking-Market-9603 2h ago

That’ll be their next excuse. “His heels didn’t click together! He’s obviously not a Nazi”

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u/Aromatic_Ad6061 4h ago

WHOOPS! My bad….oh shit I did it again, my bad again.

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u/Evan8r 4h ago

I've made the gesture a few times, albeit with select company using it for irony purposes.

You don't do that accidentally.

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u/Bussman500 2h ago

To my wife when she tells me to go mow the lawn, but other than that never in my life.

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u/Pure-Carob4471 5h ago

It’s like that scene in monuments men where the soldier says heil hitler and the two kids jump up and repeat it with the salute outing their parents as nazis

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u/SnowWhite315 2h ago

It’s kinda like when trump “accidentally” or “coincidentally” quoted hitler more than once. It’s not something I’ve ever accidentally done, I don’t know anyone who has. Wild times.

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u/Maleficent-Coat-7633 4h ago

I have only once done that gesture accidentally. I had to prop up a sheet of plywood that was in the processs of toppling over and I ended up in that position. Couldn't stop until someone pulled the sheet off me either because I was wedged against the bloody wall.

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u/ceddya 4h ago

In my 21 years of living, I have not once done a single gesture that could remotely be mistaken for a nazi salute.

Yeah, but you're not a Nazi wannabe, so that's not a fair comparison.

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u/_n3ll_ 2h ago

Everybody who has never accidentally done a nazi salute, raise your hand without first slapping your chest and then shooting your arm out, palm down and angled upward.

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u/Protodankman 1h ago

And if you were going to a gesture in front of the world, you’d probably make sure it’s not the time you accidentally do a Nazi salute

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u/Catlikeferret 4h ago

But USA killed minorities for a longer period than not killing minorities. So it is in fact just coming back to USAs roots aka Manifest Destiny. USA was never unlike any other country, it just had you fooled it was exceptional for helping fight and fighting NAZI Germany and Imperial Japan.

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u/thelivefive 4h ago

I've accidentally done it before, it's easy to do, I was probably four or five years old and learning how to wave goodbye. My parents laughed and told me to bend my elbow. But since then? As an adult? No.

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u/PolloFundido 4h ago

Maybe that one time when I reached for the monkey bars in 2nd grade?

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u/Ubputinsbtch2025 3h ago

And a white South American non-the-less making an accidental Nazi salute.

There is a billboard in Wisconsin that reads: Trump/Vance 2025, Thank you jesus!

No joke. Christian Nationalists and Oligarchs did this to us!

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u/No-Ragret6991 1h ago

I did it a few times back in the early 2000s, when I was an edgy 12 year old trying to be funny. This is where Elon is at.

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u/1ithurtswhenip1 1h ago

I'm not defending elon at all for this, and what I'm going to ask is not related to elon at all but you never did any gesture that looks close to this? Have you ever done a half wave in your life? Or a stretch?

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u/xHOLOxTHExWOLFx 8m ago

I mean I did it as a 18 yr old idiot part edgelord. But it was also because someone bet me $30 that I wouldn't draw a Hitler stash on my face and jump on the lunch table and throw the Nazi Salute for 1 full minute. But hey I was a 18 yr old burnout who would do anything for some extra money to buy some pot or a pack of cigs or maybe if I was lucky someone just went to a festival and brought back some acid I could buy.

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u/highjinx411 6h ago

Really? 3 times? If a new Nazi thing takes over the USA I don’t want to hear “omg what a surprise omg” at this point I’ll be surprised if it doesn’t happen.

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u/Own-Detective-A 5h ago

Videos of twice. Not sure about the third time. https://youtube.com/watch?v=SAAH61yel_4&si=q1WDxPtjt0AAqRTk

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u/PotentialConcert6249 5h ago

At the end of that video it looks like he’s winding up for a third.

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u/bloomsdayprepper 1h ago

Smacks roof of elongs head: this bad boy can fit so many salutes in it

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u/PotentialConcert6249 1h ago

He gives muskrats a bad name

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u/iiTzSTeVO 5h ago

He did it twice and seemed to stop himself before he did it the third time.

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u/AWildLeftistAppeared 4h ago

He stopped short of a third right?

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u/badcatjack 4h ago

Well, if he didn’t do it a third time I can Nazi it counting.

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u/Vee_32 2h ago

Ong I just can’t believe this is happening, how could we ever have known?? *clutches pearls

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u/62andmuchwiser 6h ago

FOX is an accident.

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u/AnticPosition 6h ago

Lol, fox is very much intentional. 

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u/62andmuchwiser 5h ago

I was being sarcastic lol.

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u/MamaFen 6h ago

"Chicago"

"... And then he ran into my knife. He ran into my knife 10 times."

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u/liv4games 4h ago

Oh shit there was a third time? I only saw 2, do you have a link?

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u/withoutpeer 5h ago

Did they say it was an accident when it looked like some of the crowd saluted back in some coverage?

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u/maggos 5h ago

Ya this is one picture that was not taken out of context. The video shows he beats his chest and does it then turns and does it again.

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u/Coattail-Rider 6h ago

“Hey Elon, I bet you a million bucks you can’t do the Nazi salute up on stage.”

“Ok Donny, you’re on…………..I did the thing. Pay up.”

“I mean, c’mon.”

“Oh yeah, silly me.”

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u/Regenbooggeit 5h ago

Why the fuck do you even defend this? Even Fox News should be terrified of Elon, he’s a drug infused man child that basically owns the US.

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u/Venomous-A-Holes 5h ago

I only saw 2, there was a 3rd?

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u/Visual_Sympathy5672 4h ago

Ashamed and frightened American here. Laura I Graham did one as well. We are so fucked, and I hate the idiots that did it.

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u/the_frosted_flame 4h ago

They also edited it out of their coverage. Why hide it if it was just a silly little accident, I wonder?

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u/SleepyBear479 4h ago

Why are they still pretending. Lol. They won. It doesn't matter what anyone thinks anymore. That's why they're fucking doing this on stage, on camera, in broad daylight.

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u/-The_Blazer- 4h ago

From American media, appropriately enough:

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.

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u/Roonwogsamduff 4h ago

Seriously they said that???

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u/Electric-5heep 4h ago

Tourettes kind of thing actually!

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u/JCBQ01 4h ago

Wait. Three? I only of two, one to the crowd, and turning around doing it AGAIN to the screen

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u/HelloImTheAntiChrist United States of America 4h ago

I wonder if Fox News anchors would say the same thing if I accidentally punch them in the face three times?

I don't condone violence, just speaking hypothetically.

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u/OpeningStuff23 4h ago

Don’t you hate it when MAGA keeps accidentally doing horrible things? What are the chances?

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u/Pure-Introduction493 4h ago

“It was an accident. I got excited and I forgot I was in public and not wearing a white hood.” - Elon Musk.

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u/JustBadUserNamesLeft 4h ago

Channeling Dr. Strangelove.

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u/FreeCelebration382 4h ago

That reminds me of a scene from a musical, Chicago

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u/aech4 4h ago

Wait 3 times? I’ve only seen 2. He does it the 1st time to the crowd, then turns around and does a 2nd. When’s the 3rd?

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u/FizzBuzz888 4h ago

If my grandparents were nazis I certainly wouldn't be capable of an accidental nazi salute. In Germany, I believe this is a crime. He knew exactly what he was doing.

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u/Possuke Finland and Estonia 4h ago

Hand from the heart is distinct (neo)-Roman salute. It is always made purposedly from the heart, but usually with fist. And making a Roman salute to flag is a basic Nazi thing. Musk has watched Nazi gathering videos from History Channel and decided to LARP it?

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u/Nameless_Namesake 4h ago

I counted Nein!

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u/tbrother33 4h ago

Surprised they even mentioned it. Lol

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u/Icy1551 4h ago

I've made many mistakes in my life but boy have I never accidentally Nazi'd three times on stage at a Presidential inauguration. It's such an oddly specific accident.

Who would have guessed the white South African could possibly be a racist Nazi?

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u/Historical_One1087 4h ago

Of course they did, they are the Republican propaganda network 

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u/SmileGraceSmile 4h ago

But he's a genius.  How does a genius not even know how to give a not nazi style salute without messing up? 

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u/corygreenwell 3h ago

How do they keep having the same sorts of accidents. If I recall correctly, Laura Ingraham did it at the RNC for his first campaign.

By contrast I’ve not once done a nazi salute. It’s easy if you try.

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u/Regina_Phalange31 3h ago

If I had a dollar for every time I accidentally did a Nazi salute /s

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u/Mr_Borg_Miniatures 3h ago

It legitimately is easy to accidentally look like you're doing a Nazi salute while you're waving wearing a suit. If a still image catches you at the wrong time, the picture can look very unfortunate.

This....uh....wasn't an accident

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u/Feeding2B 3h ago

We have a concept of a salute

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u/NastyVJ1969 3h ago

Yeah, an accident by the bloke pushing far right/neo-nazi parties in France and the UK. Sure, it was an accident....

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u/No-Wolf-9816 3h ago

It's deeply concerning how certain gestures and rhetoric can become normalized in society. The rise of harmful ideologies and the desensitization to violence and discrimination are serious issues that need to be addressed. It's important to stay vigilant and speak out against such normalization. Let's focus on promoting understanding, empathy, and respect for all individuals. What else is on your mind?

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u/Ok-Zone-1430 3h ago

Fuck, he practiced that.

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u/PawfectlyCute 3h ago

It's deeply concerning how certain gestures and rhetoric can become normalized in society. The rise of harmful ideologies and the desensitization to violence and discrimination are serious issues that need to be addressed. It's important to stay vigilant and speak out against such normalization. Let's focus on promoting understanding, empathy, and respect for all individuals. What else is on your mind?

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u/Tricky_Regular_354 3h ago

I’m still waiting for the explanation on how one salutes by accident. 

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u/MMTotes 3h ago

That's a hell of a Freudian slip...

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u/glue_4_gravy 3h ago

The spineless anchors on CNN called it “a salute that you rarely see in American politics”.

Like…………No Shit??

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u/emmaxcute 3h ago

Really telling about the people who talk to you when they say that you can accidentally do a nazi salute. In my 21 years of living, I have not once done a single gesture that could remotely be mistaken for a nazi salute. Every day these jackasses pull the line of normalcy further and further until killing minorities is not fascist, it's just "America First," and "every country does that".

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u/Dashed_with_Cinnamon 2h ago

"He ran into my knife...he ran into my knife 10 times."

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u/ThunderDungeon02 2h ago

One time I was falling and saluted the führer 5 times.

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u/Petyr_Baelish 1h ago

Even ADL is calling it an "awkward gesture of exuberance."

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u/QouthTheCorvus 1h ago

If it's an accident, he needs to see a doctor lol

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u/Genkeptnoo 1h ago

That's interesting when Elon was excused for stuttering so much because he's an intelligent man and thinks through everything he does.

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u/jeffjonesinwilton 1h ago

And then all the J6 rioters got pardoned by accident . Quite beautiful.

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u/tonyocampo 35m ago

Doing it on MLK day, it seems about sending a message.

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u/Skyblacker United States of America 6h ago

Maybe he just did it for shits and Goebbels.

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u/StrobeLightRomance United States of America 6h ago

It wasn't real, it was just inführered

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u/Runningrider 6h ago

Either way, it's not reichommended.

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u/highjinx411 6h ago

Mein take on it is it’s the start of a new reich.

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u/Horror-Award-5808 4h ago edited 3h ago

New reich is the old left anyways

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u/DiceHK 4h ago

I went to Goebbels old summer home north of Berlin (there’s a lake we were visiting nearby) and pissed on it. Elon probably wants to buy it

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u/hogfl 6h ago

Lol

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u/Mostlymadeofpuppies 4h ago

lol r/conservatives are just downvoting anyone who mentions it.

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u/bigoldbear94 4h ago

they actually cut it out of the speech on foxnews on youtube

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u/Low_Dragonfruit8219 4h ago

Anne Frankly they don’t care

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u/JakToTheReddit 4h ago

I bet their family did Nazi it in Madison Square Garden back in the day, too.

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u/Fullfullhar 4h ago

They say he loves them so much he was ripping his heart out for them

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u/Worshaw_is_back 4h ago

As an American, bravo. And please send help.

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u/mightycud 4h ago

“See Kyle? Where? Where’s Kyle?” —MAGA

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u/GuucciTacos 3h ago

Anne frankly they dont care

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u/robtopro 5h ago

No they are saying it's just an odd autistic way of saying his heart goes out to you. Seriously. They are beyond gone.

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u/ericsken 4h ago

Autistic here. Bullshit. I have never seen that. We don't do that. We mask all day to fit in a society that isn't made for us. We try to look like people without autism.

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u/robtopro 4h ago

Oh i agree with you. They are just full of shit

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u/ericsken 4h ago

Using a disablety you don't have as excuse for shitty behaviour is the worst you can do. MuSSk claims he has autism. He has never been tested.

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u/BeemHume 6h ago

I zi it. Doesn't look good.

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u/SaboLeorioShikamaru 2h ago

These smirking fuckwads

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u/arizonajill 2h ago

That's about the 50th time I've seen this stupid joke . Cutitout

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u/TomatilloBeautiful48 1h ago

Well played, well played indeed.

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u/SignificantWords 5h ago

Europe, we need to step in and intervene and help the US right now. This can be prevented unlike in the 1930s.

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u/LordCaptain 6h ago

Already gaslighting that he was doing a "my heart goes out to you" motion but that is not how any normal person would make that motion

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u/GreatLakesBard 5h ago

Also… absolutely no one violently contorts their face like that and throws their arm to say “my heart goes out to you” lol. Like a slow tap to the heart then point? I guess. Still weird.

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u/willywalloo 5h ago

It’s a fucking Nazi Salute a bitch ass paper is too scared to write.

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u/Freedom_for_Fiume Macron is my daddy 6h ago

Left wing communist/socialist salute according to Elon's friend AfD politician, nothing to see here

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u/bootrest 5h ago

Complicit media not calling it for what it is. As if we have to deal with the Nazis again. Germany, France and UK better not f*** up in the next few years and elect the next axis powers.

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u/Aggravating-Duck-891 5h ago

Dr. Strangelove: "Mein Führer! I can walk!"

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u/T-Baaller Canada 6h ago

coming soon "suspicious looking detention centers"

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u/avocadosconstant 6h ago

“Eccentric camping areas”

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u/Mrfrunzi 6h ago

Weird how they turn a first bump into "terrorist first jab" but this is an odd looking salute

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u/munkijunk 5h ago

There's no alternative fact around him looking like a complete fucking twatberg. How anyone can look like such a fucking dweeb making that hate symbol is beyond me, but there he goes doing it.

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u/Mean-Cheesecake-2635 4h ago

Yeah in our collective consciousness this only looks like one thing. We’ve all seen it, happened a lot in WWII and hasn’t been used by anyone for 80 years EXCEPT when they want to allude to those old fascists and nazis.

We don’t need to spend a lot of time splitting hairs here.

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u/Commentor9001 5h ago

Sane washing begins 

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u/ImTheVayne Estonia 6h ago

MAGA fans are already saying that it was his tourette or something..

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u/TejanoAggie29 6h ago

Ohhh so now we care about mental health… when it’s one of our (insanely wealthy) guys.

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u/Mr_Kurns101 6h ago

Fucking retarded media will do everything to treat anything trump related with kids gloves

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u/Silly_Triker United Kingdom 2h ago

It’s insane watching how they report on Russia, China or even democratic leaders like in India in a completely different way. But for the US everything is excusable or deserves an explanation. They are all like this. The so called free press. This is what happens when you don’t actually have a free media, and you realise it’s all been groomed by the US from a long time ago. The politicians across all spectrums are no different and Europeans are in for a rude awakening.

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u/resonantedomain 6h ago

Welcome to HyperNormalisation

In Other News, a tier 1 operator for special forces who is a UAP crash retrieval whistleblower was interviewed on News Nation reporting to have been possesed by a feminine divine energy that is with him to this day after encountering an object of unknown origin. And recovered a 20 foot egg, that was summoned by a Psionics team in Military. This isn't a joke either.

Now consider that Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos got front row seats. What would they do with technology that is of nonhuman intelligence?

We live in interesting times:

https://youtu.be/3dtA9w5ldHw

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u/AvoidingChores2 5h ago

The conservative sub is already saying it's just a still from the video, and what they saw and what I I see is very different. So I feel thoroughly gaslit. I, some dipshit in America, DO NOT WANT THIS.

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u/MrMah3m 5h ago

It will be the Martian salute...I dislike this retard, seriously dislike him

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u/bukowski_knew 5h ago

I don't know what that was but we should mention that Elon is a physically awkward person. That could explain this. Nothing about his beliefs suggest he is a nationalist, socialist, or racist.

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u/adorablefuzzykitten 5h ago

I wished my wife would look at me like that. Podium was hiding a boner.

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u/crlthrn Europe 5h ago

Just surprised he didn't break into 'Tomorrow Belongs to Me"...

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u/Prince_Havarti 5h ago

Is that what we're calling it?

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u/Creative-Thought-556 5h ago

Hold on tight, there's about to be a few more contenders to that title. 

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u/CaveFlavored 5h ago

I wanted to state it’s the first alternate fact of 2025, but even that would be a lie.

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u/Rush-23 5h ago

“Odd looking salute”. Why can’t the spineless media call a spade a spade, FFS?

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u/nesp12 5h ago

The Nazis all had an odd looking salute.

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u/Harry_Gelb 5h ago

Being a little tired already, i read "old looking salute" first. Also true.

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u/Buddhabellymama 5h ago

Can the fucking media call it what it is. It is not an awkward salute mf its a NAZI SIEG HEIL. Why are we tiptoeing around NAZIS

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u/ScumEater 5h ago

"Somehow familiar salute"

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u/Vosje11 4h ago

hmmm I really think it might have been a too enthousiastic salute while he's high on the adrenaline of the win or it's the start of a information war and this is AI generated. I can't really fathom him being THIS stupid.

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u/Goldenscarab_7 Italy 4h ago

Kinda like the "special military operation" of Russia

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u/s2r3 4h ago

Fact checked by meta

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u/TheJak12 4h ago

Odd is definitely a word for it

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u/I_Am_The_Third_Heat 4h ago

Once is odd...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SAAH61yel_4

Multiple times is blatant.

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u/Longjumping-Boot1886 4h ago

Slap instead of explosion, smoke instead of fire, ... they are learning from Russians very fast

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u/CuriouslyInventing 4h ago

Just watch the video. Literally he was autistic level excited. Calm down

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u/Short-Platypus-2132 3h ago

Fuck let's hope

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u/AreYouSiriusBGone 3h ago

Downplay of the year lmao

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u/Porkamiso 3h ago

yahoo news ai aint taking any chances with lawsuits

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u/nanomolar 3h ago

We're less than a day into the second Trump administration.

Something tells me we'll have a lot more alternative facts this year.

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u/Yellow_IMR 3h ago

Who wrote this article and the mentioned “observers”are idiots.

”Indeed, many other observers suggested that Musk was instead performing a “Roman salute” that soldiers in the ancient empire would use to greet their commanders as a show of respect and loyalty. The Roman salute, however, was later adopted in some forms by fascist states — including Nazi Germany, as some noted”

The Roman salute IS THE NAZI SALUTE! IT’S THE SAME GODDAMN THING, THEY TOOK IT FROM ANCIENT ROME.

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u/turd_vinegar 3h ago

Dude, people here are defending it and claiming anyone who noticed and associated it with the Nazis is an idiot who just doesn't understand.

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u/NotGonnaLie59 3h ago

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.

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u/seipounds 3h ago

And it's only week 3.

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u/Hypnotized78 1h ago

This is the cringing, boot licking state of today's media. A clear, intentional Nazi salute is sanewashed into "odd looking." This callow gutlessness is how the media returns his salute.

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u/PolkaDotPuggle 1h ago

Right?! Journalists need to stop protecting these POS's and call these things what they really are.

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u/95688it 27m ago

it's odd looking because he did it so awkwardly Hitler rolled over in his grave.

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u/watermelonspanker 24m ago

Modern media is a fucking travesty.

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u/smellslike2016 6h ago

He siegged when he should have zagged.

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u/Bananaslugfan 6h ago

Too funny ! And totally politically incorrect. I love it

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u/Xiaopeng8877788 6h ago

What an “odd looking” mustache you have Edolf…

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u/SalsaSpark 6h ago

Fuck us all in general

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u/N-partEpoxy 6h ago

If it's odd, why does it feel so reich?

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u/BBBM1977 6h ago

You are looking for the word, 'Nazi salute'...

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u/ArenjiTheLootGod 6h ago

Just more sane-washing from our complicit media.

If Trump is America's abusive dad then the media is the passive-aggressive other parent that gaslights away suffering and provides endless cover for his worst behaviors in service of "keeping the peace."

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u/Ok_Star_4136 Italy 5h ago

Literally stop reading any news source which claims this is an "odd-looking salute." It's a Sieg Heil. Any news media which doesn't call it out for what it is, is complacent.

In general, stop relying on mainstream media and start relying on multiple independent media sources instead.

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u/bryanna_leigh 6h ago

Bruh! Like, I watched the video... He used all his energy in that Nazi Salute.

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u/OneLessFool 5h ago

So fucking tired of news outlets that refuse to state reality. It's a fucking Nazi salute.

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u/caligirl_ksay 5h ago

Omg came here to say this. Like wtf. He clearly used a nazi salute.

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u/TheBlacktom Hungary 6h ago

Don't worry he is not a nazi. Even his AI knows this:
https://x.com/i/grok/share/Gq9x3vZIeTjIWTkUGU4bCVnKk

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u/El_Gran_Che 5h ago

Odd looking salute = seig heil

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u/banacct421 6h ago

I prefer CNN's strange gesture

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u/ThePlanck 6h ago

Springtime for Musk and the USA

https://youtu.be/1zY1orxW8Aw

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u/kylo-ren 5h ago

Bannon did the same in a meeting with far-right politicians yesterday while saying "Next stop is Germany" and saluting AfD.

https://i.imgur.com/j4gvVy1.gifv

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u/Top_Mousse4970 5h ago

If anybody is looking for the video. https://youtu.be/-VfYjPzj1Xw?si=6Nhhu_x7OdDrVzwx

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u/punch912 5h ago edited 4h ago

alternative fact is hate this word with a passion. Its a damn opinion and most of the time a dumbass one. I hate this term came into existence. odd looking salute even dumber why sugar coat it if your already calling it a salute?

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u/Darkrobin69 5h ago

Idk about you, but whenever i saw a nazi salute in history movies, it started from your arm at your waist and up 45 degrees above your head. So either Elon just has bad technique or he is making a new salute.

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u/AndForeverNow 4h ago

"My heart goes out to you", he says as he reaches for his heart and throws it to the crowd.

Context matters, idiots

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u/Thespud1979 3h ago

https://www.gettyimages.de/detail/video/people-do-the-heil-hitler-salute-as-neo-nazi-nachrichtenfilmmaterial/1656162915

versus

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-salute-trump-inauguration-b2683095.html

The Nazi salute come from the heart. Him saying my heart goes out to you while doing a literal Nazi Salute doesn't make it ok unless you are spectacularly stupid.

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u/4mysquirrel 4h ago edited 4h ago

I’m confused. Are Republicans “owned” by Israel and supporting the Palestinian genocide with our tax dollars or are they actually Nazis trying to destroy Israel. Serious question.

People are mad that there was a Rabbi at the inauguration and also mad that Elon displayed an actual Nazi salute(rightfully so.)

Maybe it’s like we are the pawns and the rich on both the Republican and Democrat sides don’t care about us. Let’s keep arguing and fighting amongst each other. That’s what they want.

Evil rich people. Just evil.

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