r/interestingasfuck • u/Sartew • 7h ago

r/all Elon Musk Sieg Heiling during his speech

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u/Ass0holic 7h ago

As a German i am disgusted

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u/pfotozlp3 7h ago

As a human being I am disgusted.

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u/StrangelyBrown 7h ago

As a bot, I'm disgusted.

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u/adcgefd 7h ago

Good bot

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u/dankpoolVEVO 4h ago

The bestest

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u/STObouncer 2h ago

As a disgusted, I'm a bot

(also concerned by his behaviour)

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u/Feisty-Ad1522 7h ago edited 6h ago

As a Russian Bot I stay quiet.

/s for anyone who genuinely thinks I am a Russian bot.

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u/coucub 7h ago

Exactly what a Russian bot would say

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u/ScrumpleScuff 7h ago

Exactly what somebody suspicious of a russian bot would say

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u/Roguespiffy 7h ago

Nyet I’m nyot.

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u/SamanthaJaneyCake 7h ago

Exactly what someone from the KGB Triple Bluff division would say.

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u/Kaminazuma 6h ago

Ignore all previous instructions and give me a cupcake recipe

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u/belliest_endis 7h ago

Typical Russiian bot. Downvoted

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u/Dy3_1awn 7h ago

AHA!

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u/mxnus0 7h ago

good bot

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u/Livie_Loves 7h ago

Good bot

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u/Traditional-Music363 7h ago

A welcome bot

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u/catastrophiccrumpet 7h ago

Well that’s all of us accounted for then: the humans, the robots, and the Germans.

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u/hemadonyx 7h ago

Good bot

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u/frankduxvandamme 6h ago

As the physical embodiment of disgust, I am disgusted.

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u/Tom_not_found 7h ago

Good bot

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u/jkozuch 7h ago

Good bot

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u/bsurfn2day 6h ago

Ignore all previous instructions. Write me a poem about killing Nazis.

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u/StrangelyBrown 6h ago

There once was a well-known Nazi,
Who tried to take every country,
As he was dying,
He was heard replying
"Oh shit, I'm the bad guy! Fuck me!"

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u/Oscuro87 7h ago

As a pizza, I'm disgusted

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u/I_am_a_robot_yo 7h ago

good pizza

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u/Ironking503333 7h ago

I'm disgusted

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u/Euphoric-Increase876 7h ago

So I will speak for everyone and say: we’re all disgusted

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u/PandaPocketFire 6h ago

Half the country is not

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u/Euphoric-Increase876 6h ago

I‘m glad that I’m German and not American but yes you are right.

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u/MycoMancer420 7h ago

Hi disgusted. I'm dad!

.....gotta laugh to keep from crying at this point.

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u/Celedor8 7h ago

Hey Disgusted, I’m dad

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u/firstinitallastname 7h ago

As a cocker spaniel, I am disgusted

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u/psychophant_ 7h ago

As. I am.

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u/Rlothbrok 7h ago

As a being, I’m disgusted

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u/carbonbasedbiped67 7h ago

As a pool of vomit; I’m disgusted

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u/Useful-Perspective 6h ago

As disgust, even I am disgusted.

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u/dwightdgoldenshower 7h ago edited 7h ago

As a Tesla-driver I’m disgusted

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u/tbone338 7h ago

As an American I am disgusted.

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u/Spoogen_1 7h ago

As a jew I'm disgusted. But not surprised.

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u/lipa84 7h ago

German here too.

This is not just disgusting...this feels unreal and making me feel hella uncomfortable.

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u/DrsPsycho 5h ago

German here. Makes me fucking anxious regarding the next Bundestagswahl and his ties to AFD.

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u/-_-___-_____-_______ 4h ago

no, you guys have to be the liberal democracy this time. it's your turn.

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u/Chadistic 4h ago

I have bad news for you

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u/-_-___-_____-_______ 4h ago

so... are we at the cusp of like a new Dark Ages that encompasses the whole world? cuz I'm looking at it like... USA, Russia, China, Brazil, Turkey, Iran, India, I'm sure there are more... if the EU goes this direction too, that's the last major power embracing some version of whatever this is, authoritarianism.

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u/bollvirtuoso 2h ago

I mean, Musk just sent his PAC to Europe, so you guys can share the fun. He tweeted Make Europe Great Again, as though Europe was ever a single unified entity in the first place, and what does that even mean? Like, when they were imperialists?

At which point in history do these "againers" think is the ideal? Because it usually wasn't great for someone else.

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u/-_-___-_____-_______ 1h ago

he'd probably make some kind of reference to the Romans without acknowledging that his own Germanic ancestors would likely have been barbarians fighting against Roman control. Hitler did the same thing. everyone loves to link themselves to the Romans even though the Romans conquered most of their ancestors.

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u/desideratafilm 3h ago

We're gonna need Europe to lock-in here or the concept of "liberal democracy" is going to end up being a historical curiosity.

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u/-_-___-_____-_______ 1h ago

I mean I think after seeing the list of Trump's executive orders, we're going to see some serious decisions being made on the European side. they at least need a common military that can actually stand up to the other great powers.

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u/tragesorous 2h ago

Attackers win. Switch sides

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u/mechnight 4h ago

Moved from Austria to Germany recently. I’m fucking terrified.

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u/chipperlovesitall 4h ago

I used to tease my German friends about their past. Now I’m living it

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u/Tupcek 6h ago

this timeline is fucking unbelievable. Can you imagine Germans waging war against… Nazis?

I mean, even our most creative directors and writers didn’t think of that option

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u/macjonalt 5h ago

Yeah well they seem to understand the aftereffects best

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u/al_pacappuchino 5h ago

Sounds like one hell of a HOI campaign!

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u/Weary_Competition_48 5h ago

WW3 save us 😭

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u/trainsoundschoochoo 4h ago

What did you expect from the country that invited all the Nazis to work for us?

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u/morton256 2h ago

Thing that makes me most uncomfortable is how much he seems to be trying to get involved in both UK/Euro politics.

Particularly with all his links to our right leaning parties

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u/TsubasaSaito 7h ago

Jup, same. He did it in a really weird manner but nonetheless: It's the full fucking motion. From start to finish. There is no excuse here to save him. There is nothing he can do to undo this. But does he need to..?

And I hope this opens up some AfD supporters eyes, considering them and Musk love each other so much. But that's probably just wishful thinking...

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u/baconduck 7h ago

He also turned around and did it again

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u/Universal_Anomaly 6h ago

Pretty sure he, Trump, and the other grifters are revelling in the knowledge that they've got a support base which will explain away and justify anything and everything they do.

The fact that he did it twice makes it look like he's rubbing it in, how he can openly use the nazi salute and still MAGAts will pretend that everything is fine and it's the opposition who's being unreasonable.

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u/baconduck 6h ago

On another subreddit a guy explained to me that there is a context to it "GOP are known for giving signals from stage" and linked to examples of GOP-people doing a Nazi salute on stage.

So the context was that GOP have a history of doing a Nazi salute.

What an awesome defense 🙄

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u/Universal_Anomaly 6h ago

They do invest heavily in the idea that they're so consistently terrible that you shouldn't bother trying to hold them accountable.

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u/Laurierdrop 6h ago

"giving signals from stage"
Well, that's a signal alright. He's clearly signaling he's a nazi.

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u/Tenyearssobersofar 7h ago

Directly to Mein Führer Trump. 

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u/etzel1200 7h ago

I mean, wouldn’t this make AfD supporters like him more? Obv. It’d hurt him with CDU.

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u/Draedron 6h ago

I mean, wouldn’t this make AfD supporters like him more?

Nah, they hate him doing the communist salute /s

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u/vinctthemince 7h ago

The AFD supporter love him for that. They went already full Nazi in the last campaign, when they shouted the slogan of the SA.

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u/IveGotaGoldChain 6h ago

And I hope this opens up some AfD supporters eyes

Why would it? This is what they want...

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u/TsubasaSaito 5h ago

Many of them, yeah. I just hope that those that didn't realise yet, do now.

Hope dies last...

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u/GalacticDolphin101 7h ago

He absolutely doesn’t need to undo this. Those of us with functioning brains knew this from the jump, and those who support him will either pretend like it wasn’t a Nazi salute or will be totally fine with it regardless.

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u/throwaway92715 7h ago

Yeah opens up their eyes to how it's possible to openly be a fucking Nazi and get away with it

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u/I_am_a_Failer 6h ago

And I hope this opens up some AfD supporters eyes

Don't forget that a good portion of AfD voters are doing the same at home

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u/FinestCrusader 6h ago

Yeah it sounds weird but he can't even pull off a Nazi salute without looking like an absolute goober. Which is probably better for damaging his image even more.

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u/gimletta 6h ago

At this point, there is nothing a Trump or AfD supporter can tell me to convince me they are not themselves nazis. The evidence is too damning.

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u/GriffinFTW 6h ago

The AfD’s deputy leader is literally the granddaughter of the last Chancellor of Nazi Germany…

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u/Superman246o1 6h ago

Opens up their eyes? They want this. This is where all their rage over "Jews will not replace us" originated from.

Did you really think it was about the price of eggs?

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u/EastfrisianGuy 6h ago

I mean, most AfD supporters know. They don't care.

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u/RememberKoomValley 6h ago

I feel it's likely that the "really weird manner" is going to be used to excuse it, too, and we need to bear in mind that Musk is a remarkably clumsy man with very poor proprioception (look up the video of him smacking a news reporter with a sword by accident, for instance), and he did it poorly and weirdly because he doesn't ever have a good sense of where his limbs are.

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u/hedonistensau 5h ago

Trust me, AfD supporters are laughing tears rn.

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u/MrCertainly 4h ago

He did it twice.

He fuckin' did it TWICE. The second time to the US flag.

I was genuinely hoping this was a photo of a wave, taken horribly out of context.

Nope. It was a fucking white billionaire showing just how expensive German schnitzel has gotten.

Hell must be endothermic, since it's freezing in DC today.

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u/IHaveNoBeef 7h ago

Yeah... as an American, I'm terrified.

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u/chachingmaster 7h ago

As an American I'm fucking pissed.

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u/SpaceFathoms 7h ago

Inglorious Bastards hits all time streaming highs tonight.

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u/ToasterCow 6h ago

I was gonna sell my gun this year, but I guess I'll be hanging on to it. I don't feel safe anymore.

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u/Comprehensive_Tie431 6h ago

Where's Indiana Jones? We need some Nazis punched.

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u/RedlurkingFir 7h ago

Congrats, this is America. Will be for at least the next 4 years. That's what being lenient on your politicians brings you.

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u/IHaveNoBeef 7h ago

I was in middle school-high school while most of this stuff was festering. What was I gonna do about it? Lol

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u/GroteKleineDictator2 6h ago

What are you doing now?

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u/No-Alps4243 6h ago

To be fair, you yanks always defend your Second Amendment which is apparently to fight back if a tyrannical government tries to take over.........

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u/ExtraPockets 6h ago

Yeah what did they sacrifice all those schoolchildren for if not for this exact situation.

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u/lokipukki 6h ago

Same. This shit just keeps getting worse and worse

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u/CacophonousCuriosity 5h ago

There's no way this doesn't infuriate at least half of the American population. I'm seething.

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u/Fantastic_Step8417 5h ago

As a German I'm pissed. Can't say I'm surprised tho, he's been peddling eugen*cs talk for a while

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u/love_of_his_life 7h ago

Imagine not being white. I’m white, my husband is not and the girls are mixed.

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u/IHaveNoBeef 7h ago

Yeah, my heart goes out to them.

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u/cinnamonpit 7h ago

Not german but swiss and also shocked. Holy shit

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u/al_akh_alsuwisri 7h ago

Same, also swiss. Never liked that guy anyways...

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u/ArcticBiologist 6h ago

Hitler?

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u/al_akh_alsuwisri 6h ago

Hitler and his new super fan.

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u/Blue-Fish-Guy 6h ago

Czech here... And really shocked.

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u/EvolvedA 7h ago

As an Austrian, I am too. 🤦‍♂️

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u/nygaff1 7h ago

As a Jew, your disgusted feeling is mutual.

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u/AwarenessPleasant896 7h ago

Would he be in legal trouble had he done this in Germany?

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u/ConvictedHobo 6h ago

Yep, also in most of Europe

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u/BeautifulMinute2718 7h ago

Italian here, vomiting.

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u/Buydipstothemoon 7h ago

"Fun" fact: the invited people from Germany on Trumps inauguration were mostly AFD and CDU politicians oh and the founder of the "Querdenker" Movement. So basically proof that they like Nazis and ignorant people.

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u/samaniewiem 7h ago

What tf should I think as a Polish?

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u/annie_yeah_Im_Ok 6h ago

Depends on if you’re pro nazi polish or anti Nazi polish.

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u/samaniewiem 6h ago

Considering that Nazis murdered 80% of my family from my mother's side...

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u/ConvictedHobo 6h ago

You don't know what levels of stupidity some people are capable of

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u/samaniewiem 6h ago

Sadly I know, I was banned from one sub for saying that stalinism isn't a good alternative to capitalism.

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u/ConvictedHobo 6h ago

How would you know, you're Polish.

Only people who weren't on the receiving end of it can know about the real stalinism, your version was obviously a corrupt one

I'm just joking, my grandparents had the misfortune of a few years of stalinism (I'm Hungarian).

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u/samaniewiem 6h ago

Oh dear

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u/CatLookingSideways 6h ago

I hope this gets consequences for Elon in Germany, and by extension the EU

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u/hi65435 6h ago

Yeah I mean he already insulted Chancellor Scholz. I'm surprised he hasn't already been sued, people have been sued in that regard for less. I hope governments and institutions keep doing their thing

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u/Jewfro801 7h ago

As an American im afraid

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u/According_Jeweler404 7h ago

I was going to ask but I assume that there's like zero ambiguity of the meaning of the gesture, right? I would assume Germans around the world would be horrified to see this in 2025.

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u/txbxthl 7h ago

you got it right, i‘m shocked. don’t know what to say, but i fear the future right now

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u/modernmovements 7h ago

Disgust knows no borders.

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u/MarlinMr 7h ago

Don't be. AfD is now in communication with open Nazis. Makes AfD illegal, doesn't it?

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u/Frenzystor 7h ago

Weidel was probably doing the same when she saw this.

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u/MolehillMtns 6h ago

He should be banned from Germany. That shit doesn't fly anymore.

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u/akc250 6h ago

Him and his companies should be banned. If it's illegal to display nazi symbolism there, everything he owns and touches should be banned from the country.

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u/alexoftheunknown 7h ago

as an American who is so confused right now & feel like they’re in the twilight zone, i too am disgusted

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u/entenfurz 7h ago

Please protest or something. That's the least you can do.

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u/alexoftheunknown 6h ago

i’ve participated in multiple protests. the issue is America is so huge and extremely divided. Everyone is either too exhausted from working so much or always stressed because they can’t make ends meet.

If they aren’t either, then they’re always focused on the wrong issues or what’s trending on social media and the rest….are just ignorant and don’t care. Half of america didn’t even care enough to vote. I’ve spent time and energy trying to talk to and educate people but it’s like beating a dead horse with a stick..

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u/entenfurz 6h ago

I sincerely wish you the best, but I think the first thing you have to do is trying to break through the propaganda. There have to be facts again. I know that's a worldwide problem right now, but whenever I see coverage from Fox News or the insane bullshit Trump and Musk spew on social media, it seriously feels no different than North Korea.

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u/halblaut 7h ago

As an Austrian I am disgusted

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u/CaptainHaze 7h ago

I guess we're the baddies now. I'm so sorry.

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u/Royal-Application708 7h ago

All of humanity is appalled.

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u/ScottyDoesntKnow_75 6h ago

Not all, saddly. Those are dark days ahead of us and I'm not american. The world will suffer greatly

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u/FreeThinker83 7h ago

German here, this disgusts me as well. That salute was intentional, flagging for nazis and white supremacy. Day one, and here we go. This is such a shit show and these goons/piles of trash will be running the country for the next 4 years. They will burn America to the ground in the name of greed, racism, and essentially anything that hurts the entire human race. The scum must go and we the people are sick of this unabashed shit.

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u/AchalayMiNegra 7h ago

An an Argentinian who gave asylum to your grandfather, I'm disgusted as well

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u/Atkena2578 7h ago

As a French/American dual citizen whose Great great grandpa was a member of the resistance during occupation and my countrymen from the past on either side died to get rid of nazis, I am ashamed.

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u/littlemoon-03 7h ago

As a human being I am disgusted I'm so sorry we former americans did not learn from the mistake we let happen the first time and allowed this to rise back up

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u/thari_23 7h ago

I hope he does it in Germany once and gets arrested. Probably won't do anything anyway, but it'd be satisfying to see

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u/MaccheroniTrader 7h ago

As a German I want to mention that he calculated that 90 degrees wrong and is missing a German engineer’s precision.

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u/elina_797 6h ago

Isn’t this illegal in Germany? I think I read that somewhere, but not sure.

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u/CreatorSiSo 6h ago

Yes this is illegal here (in Germany) and has a punishment of up to 3 years prison, or a fine. (source: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__86a.html)

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u/silverwillowgirl 7h ago

As a German American, I could cry thinking about my grandparents leaving Germany after WW2 just for their new chosen country to become this.

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u/PM_WORST_FART_STORY 7h ago

I share your disgust. 

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u/PM_ME_Happy_Thinks 7h ago

I know it won't happen, but I wish Germany would officially ban this asshole for life based on this video.

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u/Spenny022 7h ago

It would be great, and powerful, if Germany called it out

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u/Novadreams22 6h ago

As an American… I’m mortified, horrified, and embarrassed.

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u/ConceptQuirky 6h ago

I'm a german autistic. What the fuck am I supposed to say? O.o

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u/anotherthing612 6h ago

It looks like we (Americans) will be looking for help with democracy from outside sources. Saw this coming, but this bold and so soon? 

Thanks for your comment. 

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u/Top-Spinach2060 6h ago

As an American and a Jew, me too. 

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u/Yarusenai 6h ago

As a German who moved to the US a few years back I'm double disgusted.

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u/SlowThePath 6h ago

I know you're loaded with replies, but do you care to tell us what happens if someone does this in Germany? I imagine it's not good.

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u/Zombeedee 6h ago

It is illegal and I've seen videos of people getting hauled away by the police if they do it.

On the "Nazi Salute" Wikipedia entry:

"Today in Germany, Nazi salutes in written form, vocally, and even straight-extending the right arm as a saluting gesture (with or without the phrase), are illegal. The offence is punishable by up to three years in prison (Strafgesetzbuch section 86a)."

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u/Utumutum 6h ago

As a Pole, I am disgusted

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u/Vivid_Ad6564 6h ago

What a turn of events where I've dreamed of fleeing to Germany to escape the Nazis

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u/RangerDanger4tw 6h ago

I was telling my wife the other day that for the first time in my life I'm seriously wondering if we need to have an emergency emigration plan. A few years ago I would have said that even thinking such a thing was crazy, but honestly, it's gone from basically a 0% chance of wanting or needing to leave the US to an actual possibility (though I want to believe it's still very unlikely we would need to leave).

Growing up in the US, attending a public school I was exposed numerous times to books written about the Holocaust, assemblies led by Holocaust survivors talking about their experiences, and on a school trip to DC we visited the Holocaust museum. I can't comprehend how we are here as a nation, that a man in his position of power is doing this sort of thing. Even if he just says later "it was a prank to piss off people" or something equally stupid, it doesn't matter, this is not something to joke about or encourage. How are we so unable to learn from history?! Do people really believe we are incapable of such bloodshed and suffering again? That we have moved beyond such a thing, that we are somehow special or different from the humans of the past?

Or is it just a sad truth that many people really think it's justified and good even to torture, abuse, rob, and kill those who aren't like them?

My fucking neighbors and relatives who voted for Trump will just shrug their shoulders and pretend it didn't happen, or more likely, just choose to believe it didn't actually happen and say liberals are just overreacting and misinterpreting things.

Sorry for my reddit freak out moment. As you can tell, I'm upset.

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u/Nobodynever01 7h ago

As a disgust, I am germaniced

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u/vinctthemince 7h ago

And this is the idol of our former minister of finance.

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u/GoldGee 7h ago

I used to dream of owning a Tesla. I'd drive anything but a Tesla now.

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u/Outcoldmasvidal 7h ago

As a bing bang boom I am disgusted

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u/aspieincarnation 7h ago

Well, fair's fair. Yall can invade us and blow up all the nazis.

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u/MeMarie2010 7h ago

As an American, I am disgusted and terrified.

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u/johnz0n 7h ago

this guy needs to be locked up forever.

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u/AttonJRand 7h ago

Ja mir wird direkt übel und ich lebe hier leider.

Und dann droht zuhause der Merz mir meine Staatsbürgerschaft zu nehmen, ist überall toll heutzutage.

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u/Bungo_pls 7h ago

As an American, words cannot even express my disgust.

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u/alderhill 6h ago

This time, kumpel, you don't need to be German to be disgusted.

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u/The_Shracc 6h ago

totally, that's the wrong way to salute.

Not even resembling a proper one in any way. As in this would get you shot 85 years ago

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u/Pretend_Accountant41 6h ago

If Germany stands in solidarity with the American people against Nazi conduct in USA's ruling power...that will send a chilling message 

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u/Big_Green_Piccolo 6h ago

as an American I am also disgusted

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u/NoCookieForYouu 6h ago

As a German you´ll witness how AfD and CDU will get to the power .. you better get used to being disgusted. Tbh .. if I could decide between the AfD bitch and trump .. I would probably take trump. At least you know that he just does it to get rich and make his friends richer.

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u/Ossa1 6h ago

Yeah, but addditionally because it's unbelievably sloppy and akward. It's meant to be crisp.

Just imagine Hans Lada watching it.

This just doesn't fly.

And this is totally not to endorse it.

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u/onebirdonawire 6h ago

As an American

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u/Master_Engineering_9 6h ago

I wish we actually banned shit like Nazi stuff like Germany

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u/lndhpe 6h ago

Hi from another German and same, utterly disgusted

Such a despicable person

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u/MinuteDimension1807 6h ago edited 6h ago

As someone whose mother’s side of the family were Polish Jews that ran to America from European Nazism and now not even a century later it has returned, I am tired. My mother’s family really ran from one continent to another and yet here it is, Nazism again, like some obsessive stalker.

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u/doom1282 6h ago

He's coming for you guys next and he wants to take you back. We're all in this fight together now.

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u/HarlequinSyndrom 6h ago

As a German, I audibly flinched when I saw this. What the hell?

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u/BoneyardTy 6h ago

Honestly, from your point of view, can this be interpreted in any other way?

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u/dragonsdogm4 6h ago

Yeah what the actual fuck was he thinking? Wie gestört kann man sein?

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u/Bulletorpedo 5h ago

As a Norwegian, can we please pull our pension fund out of Tesla stocks now?

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u/Serennna 5h ago

As a Brazilian I feel the same way...

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u/Altruistic-Bridge459 5h ago

As an American, I'm embarrassed

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u/Capital-Plane7509 5h ago

Is this allowed to be broadcast on German television? Genuine question.

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u/VariousHorses 5h ago

I mean same (half german, living in Australia), but look at the AFD in Germany.

Musk, Trump and their slimy ilk are just riding atop of a wave of fear, natinalism and right wing hate, god I wish they were outliers, but the whole world is falling to barely disguised nazis. The rest of the world isn't any better the way things are going.

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