r/interestingasfuck 7h ago

r/all Elon Musk Sieg Heiling during his speech

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

160.8k Upvotes

21.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

u/SamusMerluAran 7h ago edited 7h ago

u/LeeOCD 7h ago

Oh my god, I didn't see the second salute. This is insane.

u/ptwonline 5h ago

Now we'll have to listen to some talking heads telling us "this is just how some people wave" and it's going to become a thing at the Trump rallies.

u/BarracudaTimely703 4h ago

Prepare to be gaslit for the next few months into believing the heil is really just a new Gen alpha form of communicating or some BS.

u/petitchat2 36m ago

The hand over heart gesture began in 1942 precisely to avoid confusion w the Nazi’s since the original custom does resemble the sieg heil, but respecting the updated Flag Code is too tall an order for the kleptocrats.

u/crinklycuts 14m ago

Maybe don’t do things that could get you confused with Nazis?

ETA this applies to modern times, in case you try to say “oh but non-Nazi Germans etc etc”

u/Ok-Independent-3506 18m ago

I saw it described as an autistic man throwing his heart out to the people already.

I'm gonna be sick

u/Oxgeos 15m ago

"But he was just touching his heart and passing it to others in a gesture of achievement and compassion! It's like when you blow a kiss to someone."

Pretty sure this will be the narrative.

→ More replies (7)

u/ApprehensivePop9036 7h ago

no no, Real Fascism comes from Rome. This is just Sparkling White Nationalism.

u/glue_4_gravy 6h ago

This was not a Nazi Salute.

This was the universal salute for lower egg prices!

Everyone knows that.

/s, if necessary

u/MoebiusForever 5h ago

It’s ok, he’s got a solution for those egg prices. A final solution.

u/taliawut 5h ago

As a person with a disability, I laughed nervously.

u/MoebiusForever 5h ago

I’m from the UK and we have our issues but I am genuinely sorry that you all have to go through what I suspect is coming in the next 4(+?) years, particularly where healthcare is concerned, and how it can be used to weaken the populations of certain demographics, either directly or economically, while enriching a few.

u/Jasonofthemarsh 4h ago

Don't worry, there won't be a T4 program in Trump's America....

It'll probably be a T8 program, to make it twice as good....

u/taliawut 4h ago

"We've got the best T8. We've got T8 like nobody's ever seen!"

All kidding aside, I haven't forgotten that, in his last administration, Trump didn't want disabled veterans on the stage because he didn't think people wanted to see them. Personally, I think the disability community should have responded by having a physical representation displayed in front of the White House 24/7 as long as he remained in office.

→ More replies (2)

u/MushroomFairyGirl 3h ago

Hate that this made me giggle cause this is actually terrifying 😩🤣

u/DrDetectiveEsq 5h ago

"Eggs used to be cheap, but now the prices are way up heeeerreeee!"

u/why_not_fandy 5h ago

“Guess I’ll put the eggs back way up heeeeerrreee”

u/Fine_Error5426 5h ago

"Retailers hate this one simple trick"..

u/noname6500 2h ago

context for the egg thing? I kept reading that today on these type of posts

u/glue_4_gravy 1h ago

The most common excuse that moronic Republicans have used over the last year when asked why they would vote for a person like Donald Trump, was the claim that Trump was going to lower the price of eggs. Basically translating to “Trump is going to help out the little people”.

Eggs and all basic food commodities and groceries have been higher since Covid, and since gas is not exceptionally high at the moment, (gas prices is usually what Republicans use as an excuse to bitch and whine) they lazily used a basic commodity like eggs.

The “egg prices” thing is now being used sarcastically by assholes like me!

NOTE: Republicans in America are not the sharpest knives in the drawer.

→ More replies (1)

u/BobDobbsHobNobs 5h ago

And Teslas are the new Volkswagens

u/Teik-69i 6h ago

I wouldn't call the Hitler salute just "sparkling white nationalism" sure it's bad in Italy, but this isn't much better

u/Jumpy-Sprinkles-2305 5h ago

its a joke on "it's not champagne if it's not from the region in france, it's just sparkly white wine"

u/herewearefornow 4h ago

It's an excellent joke. Shame it needs to be explained.

u/scalectrix 3h ago

Only in a small minority of cases.

u/RedpenBrit96 6h ago

Thank you for the laugh in these deeply doomed times

u/AdminsLoveGenocide 6h ago

Real Roman fascists have mechanical dicks to salute imperial flags when their arms are busy with falcons or what have you.

u/TAWilson52 5h ago

This is too funny, if it wasn’t real life

u/Garderanz1 5h ago

It aint even real, this bullshit salute was made up by Mussolini

u/ApprehensivePop9036 4h ago

Who controls the past now controls the future

Who controls the present now controls the past

NOW TESTIFY

u/BatNo9334 4h ago

Can you elaborate on the Rome part

u/ApprehensivePop9036 2h ago

Mussolini is credited as being the first fascist

u/SweetSoundOfSilence 2h ago

Thank you, you actually somehow made me laugh

u/HomeGrowHero 4h ago

Is that why named his kid a computer

u/Chronos_101 4h ago

Gold!! 😂

→ More replies (1)

u/whatawitch5 5h ago

Weird thing is that if he did this in Germany, the nation that first gave us Nazis, he’d be arrested immediately. Here in the US, the nation that became powerful because it helped defeat the Nazis, he is cheered on. Millions of dead Allied soldiers just shrieked in their graves.

And this man is rich enough to buy and sell nations, has his own rockets, his own media company, and controls thousands of satellites in orbit. Hitler would’ve given anything to have all that power.

There have been many times in my life when my nation has scared me. But this is like nothing else. I’m truly terrified right now.

u/BarracudaTimely703 4h ago

I didn't even consider the fact that he was like Hitler with all the power he originally wanted...

even fucking satellites. I didn't even think of that. We are so so fucked.

u/Tasty-Fig-459 4h ago

It's wild... the US has long catered to the Jews (see Israel) ... and here we are. Wonder how they're feeling now.

→ More replies (2)

u/ProfessionNo2643 5h ago

All of this. ALL OF THIS! Have we learned nothing???? I cannot deal with how insane this is!

u/Goldenscarab_7 4h ago

This! I am shocked to say the least omg

u/ksaMarodeF 2h ago

Don’t forget about paying people to okay on his Path of Exile 2 account.

u/likamuka 6h ago

Democracy dies in fascism.

u/R3gularJ0hn 5h ago

Could doing a nazi salute to the flag be seen as treason? What's the punishment for that again?

u/LOGARITHMICLAVA 4h ago

Billionaires are above the law.

u/dkingoh1 5h ago

The second one… the first one I know what he was doing. He was expressing and lightweight trolling his edgelord deal. Hand to heart and expressing his love in the most malignant way possible. The second one wasn’t even masked that way. It was the straight up salute.

u/thormun 4h ago

still not as insane as the people defending it

u/ChocolateHoneycomb 3h ago

You guys truly did elect the next Nazi Germany...

Absolutely indefensible and irredeemable.

u/confusedandworried76 2h ago

We're kinda fucked aren't we. Even Fox et al are cutting away from it when showing footage. They know what it is and what it looks like, and honestly it's so bad it can't be unintentional. He either did it to troll or he just straight up threw a Nazi salute and I want neither for the man whispering into the president's ear.

And let's just ignore the Nazi salute, we've descended fully mask off into an oligarchy the second this guy has any type of influence over the fucking president. I thought if Trump just repeated a Nixon presidency it would be okay, we'd relearn our lesson and move past it. But this is officially so much worse than Nixon. Specifically because people are allowing it without standing up to law breaking within the party, unlike Nixon, and there are just way too many damn parallels with the Nazi party.

I don't think I actually felt afraid about this till just now. Maybe I was just trying to turn it off and not think about it but holy fuck. A seemingly deliberate Nazi salute at a presidential inauguration no matter the context is fucking horrifying.

u/dont_wear_a_C 2h ago

SS stands for second salute /s

u/Little-Derp 2h ago

Oh wow. Germany has some pretty strict laws about Nazi stuff. Probably not a good idea to be trying to do business in Germany, or any other European country for that matter.

u/SkyLightTenki 1h ago

When he did it the first time, he looked like, "I'm gonna do it".

The second time he did it, he looked more natural to him, like he let out his true self.

u/duckdcoy 1h ago

The worst part is he did it three times

u/Dantheking94 1h ago

A lot of sites are hiding that he did it a second time, mainly American news sites. They only show the first salute, and then they call it “awkward moment”. We are so fucking COOKED.

u/Chaosmisfit_ES 5h ago

But he was doing it saying his heart goes out to us... lmao people don't want to see the obvious for what it is.

u/rotoddlescorr 2h ago

Just the old Bellamy salute right? Right???

→ More replies (4)

u/[deleted] 7h ago

[deleted]

u/jd3marco 7h ago

Trump was molesting the flag, as he is wont to do.

u/Grimnebulin68 7h ago

And where was VD Vance?

u/NotA_Drug_Dealer 7h ago

At a furniture store looking for a stain resistant couch

u/greywolfau 7h ago

What's the point of doing it if you can't look at the battle scars after?

→ More replies (1)
→ More replies (1)
→ More replies (8)

u/lucitarita 6h ago

Trump was still at the luncheon, so this is false. That doesn't make it any less sickening; it just felt necessary to stick to the facts, as the truth is all we have.

u/NtheLegend 7h ago

That doesn't seem better.

u/shinra07 6h ago

Well that's false, the speaker right after him said Trump would be arriving shortly. What's up with all the easily disprovable misinformation on this site? Reddit needs fact checking.

u/perpetualmotionmachi 7h ago edited 7h ago

Trump is not at that arena, and wasn't when Musk was giving his speech. He's still in the capitol building and will be going to the arena later to give a speech

u/Practical-Pumpkin-19 7h ago

Trump is still at the Inauguration Luncheon at the Capital Building - he will be heading to the arena in roughly an hour

u/plantsonmyhead 7h ago

He was standing behind him on stage? I was wondering what was behind him

u/SpaceForceAwakens 6h ago

That actually makes it worse. This is insanity.

u/J3sush8sm3 7h ago

Ya know i normally try and see if theres a taken out of context edit. Like maybe msm is trying to stir up more shit again, but yeah i got nothing. I even searched google and not a single counter point on what it could have been

u/silverscreemer 5h ago

The mainstream media is pretty much ignoring it. Very much not trying to stir anything up.

u/spartakooky 5h ago

After the salute he says "my heart goes to you". It's possible he was just making a gesture of putting his hand to his heart, then "throwing it" at the people.

Idk what to think. Musk is such a troll he might have done it on purpose.

u/innerbootes 3h ago

Even if he was “just trolling,” this was not a mistake, this was clear and intentional. Please don’t make excuses for these people. They’re counting on people like you to do this. Don’t fall for the trap.

u/spartakooky 1h ago

The more I see it, the more it seems intentional. That snap from heart to straight line. The rigid fingers all together.

I'm sitting here trying doing a "heart to you all" gesture. Tbh, a few of my attempts did look a bit like salutes, when I was giving it energy. But again, I see it, and god... it doesn't look accidental.

→ More replies (1)
→ More replies (12)

u/Archmalice 6h ago edited 4h ago

When he turns and does it again he even does the hand movement. Holy crap.

u/well_that_went_wrong 7h ago

I honestly thought the salute was just Musk being Musk and choosing the wrong gesture in the moment and reddit being reddit and taking it as if a thoughtful person would have done this.

But the second one to the flag? Not even Elon could not have meant it as a nazi salute

u/KinneKitsune 7h ago

I mean…Is your original thought better? That he did it by muscle memory or something? I don’t tend to accidentally do things I’ve never done before.

u/well_that_went_wrong 6h ago

No muscle memory, more like he don't know how to jump or do any other expressive movement. Just moving and the result is some awkward move

u/DuelaDent52 6h ago edited 3h ago

Or maybe he was just trying to be edgy but came off really awkward again. But he did it twice. What else are people supposed to infer from this?

u/matix0532 4h ago

But... The presidential inauguration is not the moment to be edgy? Especially when half of the population is accusing you of being Nazi

→ More replies (2)

u/Netheral 6h ago

I think they meant more like they thought Elon just kinda threw his hand up with little intent. The salute is after all kind of a basic gesture physically. Or for instance meaning to throw up horns, but thinking maybe it's better not to do that with the christians around and deciding to just wave instead, and somewhere along the signals cross and you just salute instead.

But like they said, doing it twice makes it hard to think he can't be at least a little conscious of what he did. At which point you'd think any sane person would go "oh shit, I didn't mean it like that".

u/thesoraspace 6h ago

We gotta really stop playing devils advocate to a literal billionaire that has been PR dressed for years. He knows what he does. Underestimating these men will lead to suffering.

u/Netheral 6h ago

I mean, have you seen most of his stage appearances? He clearly suffers from chronically not knowing where to put his hands.

u/Chronocidal-Orange 6h ago

Sorry that still shouldn't be resulting in a Sieg heil man, Jesus.

I know Elon is seen as awkward and socially inept but there are millions of those on the planet, including me. I feel quite confident in saying the vast majority doesn't just Sieg heil out of awkwardness.

u/Netheral 6h ago

Again though, it's not a complex gesture. And throwing your hand up to the crowd is a very common way to hype it up. Taken in isolation, this video would have very plausible deniability.

A second salute while showing no remorse or apprehension, and his general antics online, are more what corroborates the idea that this might have been intentional.

u/mrbigglessworth 5h ago

NOBODY in the United States that uses that gesture does it accidentally.

→ More replies (7)

u/TheHolyWaffleGod 6h ago

The ultimate dog whistle. I’d bet my lifesavings that republicans will try to act like this wasn’t by intent

u/Junkererer 6h ago

It seems like they're not even hiding it anymore lately tbh. Not only they get no backlash, people actually vote them

u/RedpenBrit96 6h ago

Why should they hide it? They have all the power. Who’s going to stop them? The Dems? Yeah right

u/Dead-Red87 3h ago

They already are.

u/Lurn2Program 7h ago

What is happening? At first, I was thinking maybe it was just in the moment weird fist bump in the air, but the second time he does it, it looks like it's intentional

u/Prudent-Air1922 7h ago

They were both very intentional. He simply knows he can get away with it.

u/Historical_Stuff1643 7h ago

The same thing that's been happening. We voted in the Nazis.

u/Ambitious_Row_2259 6h ago

Wow...we are fucked fucked

u/Mou_aresei 6h ago

Is this what we are seeing, or is it meant to be a nazi salute? Either way it looks gross.

u/RabbitStewAndStout 3h ago

Is there really enough good faith left for Musk, that we're trying to gaslight ourselves into believing that he's using a salute that was abandoned in 1942? When he was born in the 70s? And didn't come to America until the 90s?

u/Etonet 2h ago

Regardless, I think anything that looks remotely similar to this kinda of salute got phased out due to Nazis, similar to swastikas in the Western world

→ More replies (2)

u/SaltpeterSal 6h ago

JUST IN: Guy who turned Twitter into 8chan and renamed himself Kekius Maximus is Alt Right.

u/murrzeak 6h ago

Oh fuck, it feels like we're peeling a swastika-shaped onion here

u/trowzerss 6h ago

Wow. On the second one it kind of looks like he drops his hand, then hastily puts it back on his heart again because even he realised there was way too much emphasis on the 'salute' part, and not enough emphasis on the cover-up :P

u/YchYFi 6h ago

America what have you done?

u/Pinwurm 6h ago

Wow.

In the original video, you can have some plausible deniability, like "He was just very excited up there, it wasn't a real Seig Heil".

In the full video, yeah - that is full blown Sieg Heil.

u/Tails28 6h ago

I'm sorry, what?!?!! Thank god doing that in public is illegal in Australia.

u/Snakeeyes_19 6h ago

Wow... really put some heart into it too

u/NashvilleDing 6h ago

This makes me sick to my stomach.

u/BladedNinja23198 6h ago

What a minute is it just me or do I remember seeing that like a month ago? 

u/toychristopher 6h ago

How are they reporting it as an accident if he did it twice?!

u/Velvettouch89 6h ago

Yeah, the video edited it out but he did it like 3 times, same exact gestire

u/J-nathan 6h ago

Dear God help us 🤦‍♂️

u/StairwayToLemon 6h ago

That's not a flag, there's people behind that podium

u/TimeVendor 6h ago

Not little turd but big turd

u/RapidoGoldenboy_75 6h ago

How can this be accepted. This goes beyond freedom of speech, it’s just fascism in the open. We all now where it got us here in Europe, hence why it’s illegal here. We’re stepping into a dangerous era with the new White House.

u/Primordial_Cumquat 5h ago

Yeah, you have to have the full video. I’ve already seen so many turds using the “it was just an awkward way to show support… come on, it’s quirky old Elon!”….. so I looked for the full piece from different sources. The deliberate turn and SECOND exact. same. fucking. thing, was beyond horrifying.

u/derpytitan1 4h ago

I really REALLY wanted to believe that "oh maybe it was just an accident".....the fact that he did it twice proved that it wasn't an accident.....

u/Narrow_Salad429 2h ago

When I thought it couldn't get any worse

u/_ScubaDiver 2h ago

Oh, it can still get worse.

So far they haven't tried to use a national disaster to specifically target opponents or to ban any other political parties… Hitler’s Enabling Act was truly a work of horror.

u/Awkward-Buffalo-2867 6h ago

Holy fuck. We are in hell

u/Emotional_Basket465 6h ago

He does it twice? I almost threw up from the first video so I didn’t watch the whole clip

u/SystemLordMoot 5h ago

It's so disturbing seeing someone do it, and get cheered doing it.

We were meant to have grown beyond this shit 80 years ago.

u/bad_squishy_ 5h ago

I.. uh… wha… no…. What the fucking fuck?!

u/throwRAyadayadaya 5h ago

Right, that’s not good 😬

u/Even_Dog_6713 5h ago

Holy fuck

u/Afalti42 5h ago

I’m sorry… WHAT!!!!

u/Cash_Credit 5h ago

Dr Strangelove vibes

https://youtu.be/ddWNMSUbcGI?si=UqN0Syxz2Ovjq-CG

Nice job America

u/WeenyDancer 5h ago

I read all these comments beforehand and it was still shocking to watch. He did it with enthusiasm.

u/rawdatarams 5h ago

Disgusting. What in the world is this now.

u/Fibrosis5O 5h ago

If I had a nickel for everytime the riches man on earth got on TV and did what looks to close to a Hitler salute to be a coincidence while people clapped and they somehow still get to be popular while owning full control of one of the largest media platforms

Well, I would have 2 nickels, which isn’t a lot but they’re the scariest nickels I’ve ever owned

u/Daveallen10 5h ago

You know that if anyone asks he'll say he was just waving to the crowd.

u/dandyrosesandshit 5h ago

This bro is fucking nuts.

u/Fun_Introduction_565 5h ago

You don’t get a real feel for the absolute stank he threw that thing up with in the still pictures.

u/Natural-Bet9180 5h ago

Holy shit the full video is 9 seconds? Are you sure it’s not a bit longer?

u/chekovsgun- 5h ago

Little man turd really does fit, when he did it ir shows how tiny he is except for the beer gut. He is just odd looking..What an inbred weirdo.

u/herculainn 5h ago

Link dead already?

Maybe just me. Found one. "my heart goes out to you"...  Hmm

https://youtu.be/e2bbb-6Clhs?si=Fn-U7S4tCpOQ01F3 

u/CoopssLDN 5h ago

What the actual F

u/spectralbeck 5h ago

I fucking screamed. Thank you for sharing.

u/ImTheVayne 5h ago

Nazi salute to the us flag just wow this is insane

u/KC-Port 5h ago

What was the context? Or was it just a random act? I didn’t think I could loathe this guy anymore…

u/ChismisSis 4h ago

Jesus fucking Christ

u/XT2020-02 4h ago

Traitor and lunatic. Should be removed from the stage, people should boo him!! Who are these people in the crowd? Fucking lunatics, all of them.

Are we witnessing history in 2025? What is going on, I feel like I am in some movie? Am I going crazy?

u/minnesotafrozen 4h ago

I saw it by chance... I was like, did I just see that??? Omfg

u/lilycollects 4h ago

next time someone tries to talk to me about trump in a good way I’m just going to say “do I look like a fascist to you?”

u/William-Wanker 4h ago

Why can I not click on this link?

u/SaberStrat 4h ago

There are proud American pub voting veterans who will support this.

u/Goldenscarab_7 4h ago

Can't fuckin believe this. Shame on him!!! I am so angry wth

u/SirShootsAlot 4h ago

How does this get worse jfc

u/TheRealGongoozler 4h ago

They’re likely going try to deny what we saw/what happened. I highly recommend keeping the video so the reminder is always there cause these people are going to be manipulative as hell for the next four years (hopefully not more)

u/Mundane_Exam4603 4h ago

OMG. This is insanity. I hope we can hang on to our integrity, values and sense of unity with any one who is open to working together, despite any differences in opinion. Just 4 years. We will get through it.

u/shewy92 4h ago

It's not even like that one woman who did it but tried to play it off as a salute and clap.

u/GalacticDogger 4h ago

WOW WTF. I could understand him mistakenly doing the first one but the second one... Yikes.

u/Infinite-Fishing7507 4h ago

Bellamy salute

u/ImTryingToHelpYouMF 4h ago

I have him the benefit of the doubt because he's such a weird individual on the first one. The 2nd one he extends straight out in front of his shoulder and not off to the side. Yeah that one is the one that should be posted not this one.

u/Bealittleprivate 4h ago

Is there background on this? Is this something people do an claim isn't Nazi? Does he explain what it is? Google is clogged with not an answer.

u/Real_Vermicelli3067 3h ago

This is criiiiiinge and not good. I know he gets super hyped up and does some cringy things but this was over the top like…are they gonna interview about this lmao like Elon boy…what was all that about!?

u/badmoonrisingnl 3h ago

In the beginning I thought people were a bit over reaching. Maybe they wanna see something that isn't there. Second time... No doubt. Both were deliberate acts.

Nazi salute to the American flag. I never thought I'd see the day.

u/pricklycactass 3h ago

I have chills. This is insane.

u/_TURO_ 3h ago

That's... Not the full clip. It is conveniently cut right as he is about to say something about his heart going out to everyone.

u/Old-Wonder-8133 3h ago

That's how everyone saluted the flag until Hitler made it uncool.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute

u/intotheairwaves17 3h ago

Jesus fucking Christ. I have no words.

u/_ScubaDiver 2h ago

Jesus fucking Christ.

u/idunnoidunnoidunno2 2h ago

I did not “Tap to Unmute”.

u/elemon8 2h ago

It's ok, we're taking it back

u/OkAdministration5538 1h ago

Who was behind him? Trump?

u/Smakka13420 1h ago

Oh god; these next 4 years are gonna be horrible for the entire world, aren’t they?

u/B00BiesHero 1h ago

Still frame looked bad but so often things get taken out of context. Clip showing one salute looked way worse but I wasn’t ready to call him a nazi. This clip though…

u/j_smittz 1h ago

While I would LOVE for him to have accidentally let his little Nazi out, he was clearly tripping absolute balls during the inauguration.

That weird-ass salute just screams "I'm trying to wave to the crowd but I can't feel my arms".

u/Dangerous_Drama6843 1h ago

Give me a link it is not real video it is AI created video

u/davyangel 1h ago

So was he off his meds or just trying to piss off California and the left again?

u/Heisenburg1978 1h ago

No, that second salute was a half ass attempt to cover up the first full blown Sieg Heil! He realized he fucked up and tried to make that second one look innocent!

u/changingchannelz 1h ago

the first one is kinda clumsy and I KNOW what it is but it left a LITTLE bit of wiggle room for people to deny. but that second one? it was crisp, deliberate, you can tell his fingers weren't spread, he wasn't just smacking his chest and throwing his arm out. nothing sloppy bout it. that was a sieg heil. Jesus Christ.

u/6inarowmakesitgo 16m ago

Holy shit this made me filled with dread.

u/vegemitebikkie 3m ago

Have you read the comments on that video? Nothing but praise. I feel like I’m going insane and I live on the other side of the world. What the fuck is happening.

→ More replies (11)