A gesture associated with the Nazis has a surprising history. But in Germany, there was little doubt about its meaning.

US President Donald Trump’s January 20 inauguration went down in infamy after tech billionaire Elon Musk made a controversial ...

He did it twice. It looked a lot like the salute used in Nazi Germany and fascist Italy. But almost immediately, a striking number of different interpretations began to circulate. Some ...

Elon Musk urged an audience at a German far-right political rally not to feel “guilty” about their country’s history. The ...

Elon Musk told a rally the German far-right AfD party, just before Holocaust Remembrance Day, that Germany should get over ...

The chairman of the World Holocaust Remembrance Center has accused Elon Musk of insulting victims of Nazism after the billionaire told a German far-right political party that the country needed to ...

The salute, used as a greeting in Nazi Germany, is illegal in both Germany and Austria. The Anti-Defamation League supported Musk for making the “awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm” and ...

Musk's response to the accusations has included the complaint that the "legacy media" is trying to cancel him.

The Tesla founder has been condemned in Germany for the gesture he made on stage at the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

An image shared on Threads purports to show an X post from Elon Musk mentioning “MAGA” and Nazi Germany. View on Threads ...

Musk then slapped his chest with his right hand, before flinging it diagonally upwards, palm face down. He turned around to ...