No.. I don't think Elon intended it to be interpreted that way. Only an idiot would think that. Because Elon is not a Nazi and it's clear what he was trying to communicate.
I'm not convinced it makes sense to call Elon a Nazi. I don't think the AfD is a Nazi party. They are a right-wing populist party, like the current Republican party. I'm just saying it's a better argument than the "he made a Nazi salute" argument.
Doing a heil Hitler on national TV to try to win over a tiny fraction of people is stupid. So for all those reasons it's pretty clear it was not intended as such.
Many more people are white nationalists or far right than you are willing to admit. I hope it is just lack of knowledge and you are not intentionally downplaying it
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