The tech billionaire said. Before returning to the crowd and making the strange motion toward the American flag once again, he said, “Thank you, my heart goes out to you.”
Many others, including CNN hosts Erin Burnett and Kasie Hunt, described the motion as “odd-looking” or similar to a Nazi salute, sparking uproar online, according to The Independent.
Hunt observed that the action was “not something you typically see at American rallies” and “evocative of things that we have seen through history.”
On Twitter, some said that Musk’s “Sieg Heil” was “clear as day,” while others argued that the action was unjustifiable and that it couldn’t have been an accident since he “did it twice.”
Nevertheless, Musk has now been defended by the antisemitic watchdog, the Anti-Defamation League, which said on Twitter:
“It seems that [Musk] make an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute, but again, we appreciate that people on on edge.”
