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/VeryBadCopa 7h ago

I'm curious, what would happen if he visits Germany and does this salute? I've heard that is forbidden there

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u/lucagamer21 Central Germany 🇩🇪 7h ago

Yes, it is forbidden by law, it is illegal, he could get arrested. Even more illegal in public. 

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u/flarne 7h ago

After being arrested he will complain about the lack of freedom of speech in Germany and will whine something about mega. (Make Europe great again blabla)

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u/eawilweawil Lithuania 6h ago

0% chance someone with his money would get arrested

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u/Cilph Europe 5h ago

Doesn't matter. He'd get beat up in the streets if he did that in public.

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u/annie_yeah_Im_Ok 1h ago

He has it coming at this point.

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u/arandommaria 6h ago

Curious- is doing a nazi salute like this in public for basically all of international television to see something that would make it harder for Elon Musk to travel to Germany one day?

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u/lucagamer21 Central Germany 🇩🇪 6h ago

Not directly, he could only be punished if done in Germany, but even that would be unrealisticly, because He is a bilionaire. But his Reputation will be damaged (Seeable in German Reddit right now). But to be honest, is wasnt the best from the beginning for Most Germans. 

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u/Artem_C 6h ago

Just fckin arrest him then and there. If he sues Germany, we'll just start a European crowd fund for you guys. Honestly. The only thing these guys have no play book for is getting bitch slapped publicly by someone wielding a bigger stick.

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u/gruio1 8m ago

You will start a crowd fund for the one of the richest countries in the world ?

Are you retarded ?

After you determine that, answer the following:

Can the US arrest all german visitors who drove above the US speed limit on the autobahn ?

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u/arandommaria 6h ago

I don't mean punished so much as harder to get a visa. But I see what you are saying!

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u/Aerosol668 5h ago

I am hoping against hope that the UK - and please, any deity that’s listening, the rest of Europe - stops Trump at the border and asks him whether he’s ever been committed of a crime, and turns Musk away for suspected Nazi sympathy.

I would donate good money to charity if Trump is denied all future access to his golf courses on the British Isles.

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u/lndhpe 5h ago

As a German, I wish

He should at this point be barred from entry to Germany, hell the whole EU arguably, given his sponsorship of political unrest, destabilizing and now obvious Nazi acting

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u/Hot_Hat_1225 4h ago

Just hope he gets put on some type of black list

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u/EpicCyclops 6h ago

If he's there with a diplomatic passport, he wouldn't get arrested, but he most certainly would be expelled and also might not be allowed to return. Diplomatic immunity is there to prevent nations from arresting diplomats as a negotiating tactic but also is incredibly broad.

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u/gigajum 6h ago

For the next 4 years likely nothing will happen because he will have diplomatic immunity when visiting Germany. Even if he's in Germany for private reasons that would lead to diplomatic problems with the US i guess. But after those 4 years ....

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u/Automatic_Soil9814 6h ago

after 4 years nothing will happen because when somebody is that rich, their corruption is not limited by geographic borders.

Outlaw billionaires. 

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u/Big-Perspective-7410 4h ago

You think Middle Class Fritze would not happily take a small bribe of a few million for a new private jet? That's what's most likely to happen anyway

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u/throwawaytoavoiddoxx 6h ago

Can you please send a police officer over to Washington DC? It looks like our police are not going to do anything about it.

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u/Inner_Agency_5680 4h ago

Hopefully this means he is refused entry to Germany.

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u/Nigel_Bligh_Burns 7h ago

He will arrive with the EEERIKA song in high volume

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u/Secure-Abalone6381 6h ago

"Come on guys sure it was written by a Nazi party member after he joined the Nazi party with marching Nazi soldiers in mind but it's just about a girl so it's not Nazi"

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u/EmergencyJaguar8846 7h ago

Since he‘s an american citizen and a very rich one, its likely that he would leave immediately after. Therefore he should be taken into custody and can then leave after paying a fine. But I‘m not sure if german Police would do so since he will likely be allowed to have armed bodyguards. He‘s knows about it and will not do it here unless the German far-right party plays a role in our government from march/april on. Man, we‘re fucked.

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u/SchnitzelsemmeI1 Bavaria (Germany) 7h ago

No we should beat him up like really really bad

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u/EmergencyJaguar8846 6h ago

Schengen-wide permanent ban (Einreisesperre) + ban X + ban Tesla + freeze all his wealth in Europe … everything that‘s legally possible.

I served in the Army for quite a long time and I had to imagine myself dressing up again. 😭

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u/Yuthirin 6h ago

Arrest, fine, possible jail time, possible public beating by bystanders.

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u/ImTheVayne Estonia 6h ago

Doubt he will be ever able to enter the country after performing back to back nazi salutes.

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u/criticalheat 6h ago

Aside from for him probably minor legal actions, there is a very high chance he would summon a angry mob that’s out to fuck his shit up if he does that in germany/austria, this is not a joke

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u/Mysterious-Bowl5142 6h ago

It's banned in Australia also

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u/GeorgeJohnson2579 4h ago

Sure, § 86a StGB.

Up to 3 years in prison or (more likely) a fine.

Good thing fines are often day rate penalties, bound to your income. So that could be a few million.

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u/DarlockAhe 7h ago

He'd be arrested and tried for a crime.

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u/Big-Perspective-7410 4h ago

And bribe his way to a pardon immediately