British talk radio host James O’Brien challenged listeners who don’t believe Elon Musk’s controversial post-inauguration rally celebration was a “Nazi salute” to “test” the gesture at their places of employment and “see what happens.”
Musk was in attendance at the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. on Monday, joining a raucous crowd of MAGA supporters celebrating President Donald Trump’s return to the White House when he took to the stage.
While thanking supporters for their role in Trump’s victory, he placed his right hand on his chest before raising it in the air. He repeated the gesture toward the crowd behind him. Almost instantly, footage of the moment went viral, with accusations flying that Musk had mimicked the infamous Nazi salute and others arguing he did not.
Musk pushed back on the fallout and dismissed the criticism, calling it an overused political tactic.
“Everyone is Hitler’ attack is sooo tired,” he quipped, before taking aim at his detractors: “My opponents …