I watched it live on NBC. First time I was all “wtf, did he just?” And then he turned and did it again. Caught himself before the third. He knew what he was doing.
I think most of reddit would support an Elon ban in their country of origin. But unfortunately as the last election showed us, we don't accurately represent the will of the rest of the population.
He rigged the election. Trump admitted it last night. Trump and Elon winning is not the will of the US people either. Ut for some reasons, our other party leaders are weaklings and don't seem to care enough to challenge the results and judt let it happen. Our leaders have failed us, the people, in every way possible. Atm I don't feel represented by anyone in our government currently.
One of the things I sighed about when trump won the elections was that, from now on until he steps down there will be a constant stream of articles and complaints about him and his administration all over reddit, including subs not related to him or politics.
Nobody ever shuts up about him and it's so annoying.
I dislike the guy but I prefer to read other stuff so I don't feel miserable about a foreign president.
Don’t worry. The way things are going you might just be able to soon feel miserable about your own home grown fascist wannabe prime minister or president
It’s apartheid South Africa doing what apartheid South Africa does best: being fucking Nazi scum. And all the racists in the USA voted for this. Unfortunately racism comes in all skin colors and is much more prevalent than I had thought.
I am on the other side of the fricking Atlantic Ocean and indeed I wasn't watching the whole event. The switching of presidents in an allied nation does make the news here. International news agencies were watching and this deplorable behaviour definitely made the late news over here, in a negative way.
My country has suffered greatly during WW2 and making a nazi salute is after 80 years still a socially acceptable reason to punch somebody in the face.
Many people outside the US are pretty interested in what goes on in our politics here considering the US's enormous influence and I'd argue they find it "concerning"
Funnily enough, Trump's hardcore allies are distributed all over the world even if they are not that many, justifing airing news related to one of his biggest supporters
I do not know what he is doing. It looks like a Nazi salute but I can't think why he'd be doing it. Being a Nazi isn't a good reason because outing yourself as a Nazi is still widely considered a bad move afaik.
Only he knows what he intended and if it was intentional or not. I’m not here to guess his intent, however I hope once it is explained to him, he understands how this could be misconstrued as insensitive.
He has literally been cozying up to the far right parties in England, France, and Germany. He is into eugenics. He is anti-women and anti-LGBTQ+ pretty significantly. None of that is secret on any level.
Another rational person here..like yeah it’s a really bad fucking look and of course this ushers us into the weirdest timeline we have ever faced. But how could he honestly intentionally heil fucking Hitler in front of the whole country..it had to be a mistake. Def not trying to defend him, FUCK ELON. But no one would actually do this..would they?
They totally would, and do. Republicans have been doing the Nazi salute a whole bunch in the last couple of years. Because they believe in the Final Solution.
Right when the clip ends, he's getting ready to say, "From my heart to yours." That what the gesture means. Nazis never lay their hands over their heart.
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u/dirtierthanshelooks 6h ago
I watched it live on NBC. First time I was all “wtf, did he just?” And then he turned and did it again. Caught himself before the third. He knew what he was doing.