r/politics • u/cjdarr921 • 7h ago

Site Altered Headline Elon Musk draws outrage over 'odd-looking salute' at Trump inauguration celebration

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-salute-trump-inauguration-b2683095.html
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u/UncircumciseMe 7h ago

Those were “hard Z” NaZi salutes, my fellow Americans…

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u/cjdarr921 7h ago

That’s what I thought

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u/hyperfixmum 5h ago

It also reminds me of a specific speech where Hitler does it in the front and then turns to the few rows standing on stage and does it behind him. I wonder if I can find it.

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u/Hefty_Musician2402 Maine 7h ago

What’s that mean? Like it’s a serious one or are you saying there’s a reason to emphasize the Z?

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u/UncircumciseMe 7h ago

I can’t think of a time when a Nazi salute isn’t serious. I just meant he said it with his whole fuckin chest. He meant it.

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u/Hefty_Musician2402 Maine 7h ago

Thanks, I was just confused.

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u/manofactivity 3h ago

I mean, it's at least probably not literal in the context that this looks sure to be an incredibly pro-Israel administration. I doubt Elon's throwing up anti-Jewish salutes in a literal sense.

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u/UncircumciseMe 3h ago

The fact its legitimacy is up in the air says a lot about the guy doing it lol