A gesture associated with the Nazis has a surprising history. But in Germany, there was little doubt about its meaning.

Musk then slapped his chest with his right hand, before flinging it diagonally upwards, palm face down. He turned around to audience members behind the podium, and repeated the gesture. “My heart goes out to you,

Elon Musk appeared to make a fascist gesture during Donald Trump's inauguration, performing what looked almost exactly like a Nazi salute.

Social media only had one question to ask after Elon Musk hit the stage at the Capitol One Arena in Washington D.C. Monday: What the hell was that salute? While celebrating President Donald Trump’s inauguration at a post-ceremony rally,

Multiple "subreddits" have banned links from Elon Musk's X platform after the tech mogul flashed a gesture that critics have said resembled a Nazi salute.

Billionaire's estranged daughter has used rival social media platforms to attack Trump's anti-transgender executive order, and her dad's salute.

“It seems that Elon Musk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute,” the Anti-Defamation League wrote Monday in a statement on Musk’s own social media platform X, referring to Musk’s outstretched-arm movement that came as he was thanking his supporters.

Musk, 53, spoke to a crowd of Trump supporters at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., after Trump was sworn in at the U.S. Capitol. While thanking the supporters, Musk put his right hand over his heart, then extended his arm out with his palm down. He then turned around and repeated the gesture.

Elon Musk sure knows how to rile up the crowd. The billionaire entrepreneur is known for his eccentric tweets, which are more intended towards coaxing a certain reaction from his over 214 followers than anything else.