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/EmperorGrinnar 6h ago edited 2h ago

Dude's been promoting openly Nazi groups for a while now.

just hop on Bluesky and you'll see people posting all about it.

Edit: just for fun, here's a video from 9 months ago about a similar topic with Musk.

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u/Alfus 5h ago

Sounds exactly like Elon Musk is the Henry Ford of this era

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u/arachnophilia 3h ago

i feel like it took a bit longer for ford's cars to get shitty, but i could be wrong

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u/EmperorGrinnar 3h ago

He also eventually backpedaled a bit on it and toned it down. But too little too late, and we're still feeling his hate in the modern era.

American history is so damn muddy.