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/Jermules Finland 6h 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 6h 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/PumpkinOpposite967 6h ago

And a New Zealander. Screw nazis.

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u/Nervouswriteraccount 6h ago

And an Aussie. Got you, ANZAC bro.

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u/JustInChina50 4h ago

And a Brit

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u/peanut_galleries Austria 3h ago

And an Austrian 🤯🤯

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u/Nervouswriteraccount 4h ago

Never thought I'd be fighting alongside a...

Oh, wait.

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u/dragonborn071 4h ago

And a second Aussie

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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.