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Elon Musk accused of making a Nazi salute, or how 4chan culture enters the White House

Elon Musk greets the crowd at the end of his speech during Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony, in Washington, Monday January 20, 2025. MIKE FRESH / REUTERS

“It’s tiring, this thing of comparing everyone to Hitler. » It is in these terms, and therefore without in any way seeking to reassure the nature of his gesture, that Elon Musk has chosen to react to the criticisms addressed to him since he performed what amounts to a double salute fascist, Monday January 20, during his speech in a sports venue in Washington, on the evening of Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony.

“A Hitler salute is a Hitler salute”the German weekly ruled on Tuesday The timewhile part of the press continues to debate how to interpret the scene. But among far-right activists around the world, in any case, there is consensus on the question. Patrick Casey, the founder of the small neo-Nazi group Identity Evropa, for example, published an extract accompanied by a joke about the fact that he couldn't believe his eyes. The same images were broadcast by Andrew Torba, the founder of the far-right platform Gab, with the mention “incredible things are already happening”. On an American neo-Nazi Telegram group, images of Elon Musk's gestures are accompanied by an enthusiastic “WE’RE FUCKING BACK”noted the American monthly Wired.

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