Tech billionaire Elon Musk has responded to recent backlash over allegations that he made a Nazi salute by posting a string of Nazi puns.

Musk clapped his right hand onto his heart and then thrusted his arm straight outward at an angle with his palm facing down.

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.

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

The tech billionaire stiffly extended his arm to the crowd twice in a gesture similar to a Nazi salute during Trump's inauguration event

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.

Historians disagree over the significance of Musk’s gesture, which is reminiscent of the greeting used by 20th century fascists and their modern-day supporters. View on euronews

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.

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