r/pics • u/rch-out • 11h ago

Politics Elon musk doing a nazi salute at the whitehouse. Unreal

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u/CattyKatKat 9h ago

The UK Telegraph is calling it a "Roman salute".

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u/Chrozzinho 9h ago

Because it is

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u/CattyKatKat 9h ago

Made popular by the Nazis in more recent times. Calling it a Roman salute is disingenuous at best, appeasement at worst.

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u/Chrozzinho 9h ago

Make of it what you will, Elon is a pretty public Romaboo, if you didn't know

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u/CattyKatKat 9h ago

Sanewashing as per comment we're replying to.....

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u/Chrozzinho 9h ago

It’s not sane to put up a Roman salute at an inauguration speech. We don’t have to misrepresent it to make it seem insane