Elon Musk celebrated the day with a gesture to the crowd, which some on the left have called a fascist salute. Today’s show breaks this down.
According to The Guardian:
Elon Musk waded into controversy on Monday when he gave back-to-back fascist-style salutes during celebrations of the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.
“I just want to say thank you for making it happen,” the owner of SpaceX, X and Tesla, the richest person on earth and a major Trump donor and adviser, told Trump supporters at the Capital One Arena in Washington.
Musk then slapped his right hand into his chest, fingers splayed, before shooting out his right arm on an upwards diagonal, fingers together and palm facing down.
“Of course, Elon Musk is not a Nazi,” Crowder said.
As the crowd roared, Musk turned and saluted again, his arm and hand slightly lower.
“My heart goes out to you,” Musk said, striking himself on the chest again. “It is thanks to you that the future of civilization is assured. Thanks to you. We’re gonna have safe cities, finally safe cities. Secure borders, sensible spending. Basic stuff. And we’re gonna take ‘Doge’ to Mars.”
So in other words, the left believes Elon Musk is a huge Nazi.
“These things can be interpreted however you want,” Crowder said. “He’s just a weird dude.”
Even the Anti-Defamation League was not fooled by these leftist claims.
“It seems that @elonmusk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute, but again, we appreciate that people are on edge,” the organization posted.
One reason they probably disagreed with these foolish claims is that Nazis do not tend to visit Israel to show their support after Oct. 7.
“If he is a Nazi he’s bad at it,” Crowder said. “It kind of falls on deaf ears.”
This is also why the media has become largely irrelevant.
“Times are changing,” Crowder added.