Tech billionaire Elon Musk has responded to recent backlash over allegations that he made a Nazi salute by posting a string of Nazi puns.

As U.S. President Donald Trump took office in 2025, his inauguration celebrations were marked by controversy over a gesture made by his supporter Elon Musk that many people claime

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

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

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

I highly doubt I’m the first person telling you this information, but CBS 58 Meteorologist, Sam Kuffel, was released from her job yesterday because she had the audacity to call an obvious Nazi salute an obvious Nazi salute.

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

The gesture, which some have downplayed as merely a show of enthusiasm or an awkward greeting to the crowd, has nonetheless been widely seen as evoking a fascist salute, due to its gesture and the context in which it was made.

Musk then slapped his chest with his right hand, before flinging it diagonally upwards, palm face down. He turned around to audience members behind the podium, and repeated the gesture. “My heart goes out to you,

Asked to answer in one word the ideology it would most closely relate to Musk's onstage gesture, Grok didn't hesitate.

The incident only lasted seconds, but it sparked what has become a global debate about how to interpret what Musk did. Then Musk started posting Nazi-themed jokes.