There are the fans at the Capital One Arena in Washington, who especially saw a physically uncontrollable Elon Musk on stage, Monday January 20, the evening of Donald Trump's inauguration as president of the United States. There are spectators who saw the sequence – a right arm extended twice – and cringed. Finally, those who saw the photograph of the first outstretched arm had no doubt and deduced that Elon Musk, an important member of the Trump administration, had voluntarily made a Nazi salute. In the United States, the affair is embarrassing but in no way has the scale it has in Europe.
The Wall Street Journal published the video of the speech « enthusiastic ». The Washington Post did the same, calling the intervention“exuberant” but cutting off the first raised arm. On CNN, interpretations diverged, between the reporter on site, who was quite cautious, and the presenter in the studio, Erin Burnett, who saw it as a Nazi salute.
“Throw your heart out to the crowd”
Only the New York Times published a detailed article entitled: “Elon Musk sparks online speculation about the meaning of a hand gesture”, specifying in the subtitle that “Mr. Musk twice extended his arm with his palm facing down, sparking comparisons to the Nazi salute.” “Elon Musk’s gesture sparks confusion and criticism on his platform,” wrote for its part the very left-wing channel MSNBC; and continue: “Many users on X, the social media platform owned by Musk, suggested that the gesture resembled the Nazi salute known as the salute “Sieg Heil”. Others thought Musk was just being clumsy, or maybe he was trying to mimic the gesture of throwing his heart out to the crowd. »
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