Kate, 43, joined her husband Prince William, 42, who himself paid tribute to those who lost their lives during the Holocaust.
Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell had an explosive showdown with NewsNight panelist Scott Jennings over his defense of Elon Musk’s questionable salute. Rampell achieved the rare feat of stunning Jennings into silence after she threw down the gauntlet and challenged him to repeat Musk’s now infamous gesture,
The image is altered. Footage taken at a Pennsylvania rally shows Walz raising his hand to wave at the audience. He didn't perform a Nazi salute.
Elon Musk’s controversial gesture, which some interpreted as a Nazi-style salute, drew criticism from Trump’s political opponents and energized fans on the far right.
It's not about demanding Germans "feel guilty" over the sins of past generations, but urging them to come to terms with how and why the Holocaust happened. The post Elon Musk’s Dangerous Twisting of German History first appeared on Mediaite.
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
Musk aggressively thumped his open palm onto his upper chest and—to the shock of millions of viewers around the Western world—delivered a Roman, or fascist, salute.
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.
"Lots of people were shocked to see Elon Musk do a hand gesture that looked a lot like a Nazi salute at Trump's inauguration. Let's see what people here in Germany think of it,”
So was it a Hitler salute or wasn't it? Speaking at President Donald Trump's inauguration event this week, Elon Musk slapped his right hand on his chest before shooting his arm diagonally upward, palm facing down.
Musk's response to the accusations has included the complaint that the "legacy media" is trying to cancel him.