Donald Trump inauguration: Elon Musk on stage at Capital One Arena, where Trump supporters gathered for a rally. Musk frowns at the Trump rally. After thanking the crowd for returning the 78-year-old Republican to the White House, Musk tapped the left side of his chest with his right hand and then repeated the same gesture to the crowd seated behind him. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures during a rally inside Capital One in Washington, DC, on the day of US President Donald Trump’s inauguration for a second term. | Photo credit: Reuters Billionaire Elon Musk sparked controversy on Monday (January 20, 2025) after making a gesture at an event celebrating US President Donald Trump’s inauguration, with some calling it a “Nazi” or “fascist” gesture Elon Musk Today News. A gesture by Elon Musk at the inauguration of US President Donald Trump has sparked controversy, with some comparing it to a Nazi salute Elon Musk Today News. According to an AFP report, Musk was on stage at the Capital One Arena where Trump supporters had gathered for a rally. After thanking the crowd for bringing Trump to power for a second term, Musk tapped his left chest with his right hand and then made the same gesture to the crowd behind him, with his palm open Elon Musk Today News. Elon Musk’s hand gesture has sparked controversy, with him calling it “everyone Hitler.” The attack occurred while Elon Musk was speaking at a rally celebrating the inauguration of President Donald Trump Elon Musk Today News.
A video of US tech mogul Elon Musk making a one-handed gesture while speaking at a Donald Trump rally went viral on Monday, with internet users comparing it to a Nazi salute Elon Musk Today News. “It appears that Elon Musk did not perform the Nazi salute, but rather made a strange gesture in a moment of enthusiasm,” the company said in a statement posted on X Elon Musk Today News. Another historian, Aaron Astor, also rejected the accusation that Musk was imitating Nazis Elon Musk Today News. “I have repeatedly criticized Elon Musk for allowing neo-Nazis to pollute this platform,” he wrote on X: “But this gesture is not a Nazi salute Elon Musk Today News.” “I have repeatedly criticized Elon Musk for allowing neo-Nazis to pollute this platform,” he wrote on X: “But this gesture is not a Nazi salute Elon Musk Today News.” Here is a socially awkward autistic person clapping to the crowd, saying, ‘My heart breaks for you.’” In 2021, Musk announced that he had been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, a form of autism. One person at the rally told AFP he thought Musk was making the gesture as a joke.
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“He’s very funny, and he uses a lot of sarcasm. So when he did it on stage, I don’t think he meant it,” said Brandon Galambos, a 29-year-old pastor and tech activist Elon Musk Today News. Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration ended on Monday, bringing a Republican back to the White House after a four-year hiatus. With Trump, the iconic Diet Coke button also returned to the Oval Office Elon Musk Today News. Last year, Elon Musk traveled to Auschwitz and then to Israel to learn about the Holocaust and Jewish history. “Anyone trying to portray him as a Nazi is deliberately misleading the public Elon Musk Today News.”
