A picture of Elon Musk Making a Straight arm, Nazi-like gesture During his speech at the US President on Monday Donald Trump's was presented at the inauguration Tesla's Gigafactory in Berlin-Brandenburg on Wednesday night.
The photo shows Musk making a gesture with the words “Hail Tesla.” UK activist group Led By Donkeys and Germany's Center for Political Beauty were behind the exhibition, and the two groups posted a joint Instagram post. “Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin. #LedByDonkeys,” the caption read.
Led By Donkeys shared a mini doc on Instagram on Thursday, with the caption, “World's richest man, Elon Musk, is promoting the far right in Europe. Don't buy @teslamotors. Location: Tesla Giga Factory, Berlin.
“It's the Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin where Elon Musk builds Tesla cars for the European market. Factories like this have made him the richest man in the world. But now he's using that wealth, which is billions of dollars in Teslas. By selling to, the European far-right parties are collecting to promote,” begins the voice from Mini-Doc. “He is supporting the far-right AfD (Alternative for Germany) in the upcoming German elections, claiming that 'only the AfD can save Germany.'
The image projection at the Tesla Gigafactory comes after Musk's speech at Trump's inauguration on Monday. Before that, he thanked Trump's supporters. stroking his chest and extend your arm straight out and up with your palm facing down
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“I just want to say thank you for doing this,” Musk said during his speech at Capital One Arena, referring to Trump's victory in the US presidential election. Then he slapped his chest and extended his arm straight out and up, palm down.
“My heart goes out to you,” Musk said after turning around and making a similar gesture in the other direction.
Musk responded to accusations that his gesture sounded like a Nazi salute at X hours after he left the stage.
“Honestly, they need better dirty tricks. The 'everyone is Hitler' attack is so tired,” Musk said. wrote.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which campaigns against anti-Semitism, has come to Musk's defense.
“Looks like @ElonMusk made a weird gesture in a moment of excitement, not a Nazi salute, but again, we appreciate people coming forward,” the organization posted on social media Monday afternoon. Wrote in the post.
“In this moment, all sides should give each other a little grace, maybe even the benefit of the doubt, and breathe. This is a new beginning. Let's hope for healing and work toward unity in the coming months and years.” do
Meanwhile, The ADL website defines the “Hitler salute” or “Nazi salute”. As in “raising the right arm with the palm down.”
“In Nazi Germany, it was often accompanied by chants of 'Heil Hitler' or 'Seg Heil'.” Details are ongoing. “Since World War II, neo-Nazis and other white supremacists have continued to use the salute, making it the most common symbol of white supremacy in the world.”
Musk has not publicly commented or responded to the projection of the image at the Tesla factory as of this writing.
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–With files from Michelle Butterfield of Global News and The Associated Press
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