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No, Elon Musk didn’t make a fascist salute

21 January 2025

9:40 PM

21 January 2025

9:40 PM

We’re not even 24 hours into the second Donald Trump term and already there’s a ‘New Nazis’ panic. Only this time it’s not The Donald who’s being branded Hitler 2.0. It’s his billionaire pal and state-slashing tsar, Elon Musk.

The Guardian says Musk did ‘back-to-back fascist salutes’.

At yesterday’s wacky inauguration, a giddy Musk gave a speech during which he saluted the crowd.

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