Europe’s left-wingers today raced to condemn Elon Musk after the world’s richest man performed a stiff-armed salute at an event to celebrate new United States President Donald Trump.
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Why should a nazi salute only draw condemnation of left-wingers? Are nazi salutes now acceptable for centrist politicians? For centre-right politicians?
Seriously?
Are there are enough evil people in the world who want Nazis?
What’s wrong with them?
Evil is as evil does. I guess.
I’m shocked I’ve family who lean MAGA.
Depressing.
We’re witnessing cold-hearted stupidity.
Bad combo.
People have lost their compassion, and all sense of reality.
Ever European who cares about democracy, left or right wing will be very worried, especially when Trump invited leaders of European right wing parties and Musk openly supports the AfD (Alternative for Germany) a right-wing populist party in Germany.
What a stupid take to think a Nazi appearing salute is deplorable cause either you think he’s an idiot/careless and didn’t plan that it was “similar” movement (who accidentally does that?) OR perhaps he is hinting at who he is (which we know - apartheid family/AfD supporter, etc)
He's 53 years old. Of course he knew what he was doing. I would bet money he thought through how he would phrase what he was going to say so that he could get away with a Nazi salute. He's been talking to far right/neo nazi groups all over Europe. But he did this to distract us from 1500 pardons
A Nazi salute should prompt fury from people on the right as well. That it's excused or denied for what we all saw it was, speaks volumes about yhe enemies of goodwill that the right have become in 2025.
Felon Orange and Muskolini will leverage DOGE to intimidate and eliminate political opposition at the federal level - the first step toward dictatorship.
OMG, I can’t believe Elon was screaming this “There will be no hardships for Germans to which I myself will not submit! My whole life belongs more than ever to my people!
I am from now on just first soldier of the German Reich!!”
Oops, all he said was “thank you and my heart goes out to you”.
Child, while I know your brain isn’t fully formed yet so I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt: taking a picture of an arm outstretched is different than a salute. We saw his salute twice…never saw her salute once. Also, it is very different when one party tows the line with Nazi ideology & salutes
Never seen anyone grab their heart like that? Please. His actions dont align with his words - genuine care of throwing his heart out wouldn’t be so forced unless he’s masking a Nazi salute there too. It’s a behavioral response but grow up, keep ur eyes & ears open before your mouth & you’ll see
Only the left, so the conservatives, the right and the extreme right are okay with the extended arm? Musk knew very well what he was doing and this writing says more about politico
Calling people offended by this "left-wing" is really part of the problem. Anyone with a shred of common sense and knowledge of history should be offended.
Here's a tidbit about that gesture: While the more common nazi salute was simply an arm and a palm raised at an angle, Hitler personally was known for this specific heart-to-air gesture where he touches his heart before doing the nazi salute.
I'm not sure the guy is sophisticated enough to have an ideology. Seems firmly stuck in arrested development. More likely he's being a cringe edge lord jerking off to 4chan greentexts. "
I am grown, educated, have eyes, can critically think, and recognize the cognitive dissonance of others thanks to my expertise, training, licensure, and education, but please keep living that life of devotion to an authoritarian ideology
It's taken 80 for Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen to live down the shame of their association with Nazism. They must be so relieved now that Tesla has assumed the title "Nazi car."
I'm not left-wing but I did benefit from a university education: that was a Nazis Salute even if it wasn't intended to be. It was stupid and provocative if intentionally done.
Next:
Musk will replace X with a swastika.
Geez, it's an ancient hindu symbol, leftwingers are predictibly overreacting again and read far too much into this!
Or maybe anyone with a tiny bit of decency would condemn a narcissistic billionaire who performs a nazi salute in public
The same nazis who committed massive genocide 80+ yrs ago
You’re a disgrace. Nazi into brackets? Everybody in Europe left center or right knows very well the meaning of that salute. Only those extreme right wingers who descend from those who invented that salute and called it Roman rejoice into finally being able to get out of the sewers.
Greetings from austria: there are no centrists: they are radicalised cultureless rightwings.
Nit far from the extreme right.
Like the @volkspartei.bsky.social or the @cducsueuropa.bsky.social
You don't "share your heart" like that. If you do the gesture to share your heart the palm of the hand faces upwards. The palm of his hand faces downwards which is clearly the Nazi salut.
This is a dumb reply. Nazism and fascism were not only about anti-semitism. You don't need to hate Jews to be a Nazi or Fascist. Furthermore, wearing a stupid hat doesn't mean anything.
Not only? Sure, but a pretty big part of it. Lol. Pretty sure a faithful Nazi is not putting that on and standing by Israel as fervently as he has. Just calling balls and strikes here.
If you don’t think that was intended to be a Nazi salute wake the f up. Cause either hes careless/stupid enough to do a salute/movement so similar OR hes signally his base. I mean a month ago he was in Germany backing the AfD so lets not think it’s so absurd unless you don’t want to educate yourself
I think we are saying the same thing -that it was clearly a Nazi salute (also shame those who claim to be journalist reporting crap) but it was a failure on me to reply to the correct person- blame my hand being in a brace…my bad.
More not so subtle misreporting from Politico. It’s not “Europes left wing” that’s outraged, it’s everybody who isn’t a brain dead racist fucking moron.
So the right wing is okay with a nazi salute. No critic? Not even a: "He should know it's not ok to do it on stage?" Or a "He should at least say it wasn't meant to be that"? GG right wing. You're on the fascist side of the story ❤️
So the big experiment has failed and in it's wake emerges the true nature of the cave dwellers, rape, murder, pillage, cannibalism and enslavement, chaos and civil war will result and the oligarchs will have finally succeeded in dividing the masses
Poor choice of words considering politically right, center and left Europeans are condemning this act. We all know history and won’t let anyone trivialise the use of one of the symbols from Europe’s darkest times
Given the fact that Politico is part of of Germany’s Springer Group, it does not amaze me that it hypes Elon. It has fostered his weired “Gastbeitrag” on Welt paper. Honi soi qui mal y pense.
Musk is signaling Trump's intentions. MAGA is starting to adopt symbolism of past White Supremacists. They tapped into a hidden truth among closet bigots in the world. Trump is legitimating it as the President. It was the poorly educated that fueled past attempts, and now Trump succeeded.
I cannot condemn him any more than I already did. He will deny this overtly fascist gesture of course, because he knows he will get away with it. It is a calculated provocation to illustrate no-one can touch him.
Nobody but nobody pulls that face when they're sharing their heart. It's a viciously-delivered Sieg Heil and the more excuses are made for this, the more we'll see them. The only thin silver-lining is that, even now, he's too cowardly to own it.
It’s not just not the Nazis you should fear, Politico—it’s us who are fed the fuck up that you’re aiding nazism with your vagueness. It’s in your best interest to be more clear.
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What does that make right-wingers? Nazis?
Are there are enough evil people in the world who want Nazis?
What’s wrong with them?
Evil is as evil does. I guess.
I’m shocked I’ve family who lean MAGA.
Depressing.
We’re witnessing cold-hearted stupidity.
Bad combo.
People have lost their compassion, and all sense of reality.
Very small drops but look how rich he's gotten just from many such small drops.
Like, no-one the right will condemn this?
Do you really think that this is a left/right thing?
We know what we saw.
Don’t try to normalize this.
Everyone was appalled at Musk's Nazi salute.
See how easy it is to write an accurate headline?
You guys are truly pathetic and most probably right-wingers aka Kellernazis! … 🤪🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽😎🇪🇺
https://bsky.app/profile/danaiolos.bsky.social/post/3lgajjmian22y
Pfft.
I am from now on just first soldier of the German Reich!!”
Oops, all he said was “thank you and my heart goes out to you”.
Everything is context...
Elon is a known racist and now you are too.
He didn't do that.
https://bsky.app/profile/hudson1776.bsky.social/post/3lgaw2dk27c2u
https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3lg6wkafyuc27
What else should be a Hitlergruß than?
The Maga-TickTockers grandfather probably was one of the 1.1 millionen young us soldiers that died defeating Hitler.
They are no patriots: like all facists they hate their homeland.
And musk (the immigrant) is a facist.
Please look up the difference between "stiff-armed salutes" and growing some balls.
Surely you mean ordinary decent people of all political persuasions or none.
What is wrong with you?
I added extra links in this Bluesky thread not included in the original article.
Musk will replace X with a swastika.
Geez, it's an ancient hindu symbol, leftwingers are predictibly overreacting again and read far too much into this!
The same nazis who committed massive genocide 80+ yrs ago
Anyone with a bit of citizen good sense will reject that criminal ideology this former Apartheid man visibly adores
It's not about being outraged.
It's about not wanting any more Nazis.
Nit far from the extreme right.
Like the @volkspartei.bsky.social or the @cducsueuropa.bsky.social
If you can't speak the truth because you're scared or obedient then you're of no value.
What the fuck is wrong with you guys?
Nazi or Fascist salute
Perhaps you’re a bit too far out on the other wing to see.
None of them are excusing this.
Nobody who is decent, wherever their politics might be, are excusing this.