Summary
Elon Musk escalated controversy over accusations that his salute at a Trump rally resembled a “Sieg heil” by posting Nazi-related jokes on X, referencing figures like Rudolf Hess and Joseph Goebbels.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) initially defended Musk, urging “a bit of grace” and “benefit of the doubt,” but later condemned his Holocaust-related jokes as offensive.
Conservative Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also defended Musk.
Critics highlighted Musk’s history of promoting far-right conspiracy theories and enabling neo-Nazi content on X, raising concerns about increasing offensive rhetoric on the platform.
can we acknowledge how insane these things are in combination:
This is Keyne West story all over again, but with more money and more power & influence.
Not just millions of dollars. Hundreds of millions of dollars. He used at least $260 million dollars to help Trump win.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/politics/elon-musk-trump-campaign-finance-filings/index.html
TBF, that’s pretty cheap for a presidency.
I wonder how much was spent/promised in quiet meetings with other countries.
That’s in addition to everything everyone else spent though. That was all extra.
Then the leader of Israel defends him while committing genocide of their oldest neighbors