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

Kate, 43, joined her husband Prince William, 42, who himself paid tribute to those who lost their lives during the Holocaust.

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.

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,”

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

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.

after it drew comparisons on social media to a Nazi salute. “I think it was an awkward gesture. I don't think it was intended to be a fascist salute,” Greenblatt said in an interview Tuesday ...

Elon Musk made a surprise appearance at a far-right campaign event in Germany where he urged supporters to move beyond their past guilt.