edit: seems that gif images don’t work, so here’s the gif:

edit2: another angle from a different TV camera: https://i.imgur.com/Jezrgss.gif (I’m not embedding it because it’s larger and one animation is enough)

For context:

Recent https://piefed.social/post/499497

Source video on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Romania/comments/1iyrln3/călin_georgescu_face_salutul_nazist_la_ieșirea_de/ from a Romanian TV (I wouldn’t call it “news”, it’s like OAN for Trump now)

Broader issue of election meddling:

https://www.sgdsn.gouv.fr/publications/manipulation-dalgorithmes-et-instrumentalisation-dinfluenceurs-enseignements-de

https://www.nato.int/docu/review/articles/2025/02/07/algorithmic-invasions-how-information-warfare-threatens-nato-s-eastern-flank/

Here’s the short gif: https://i.imgur.com/OR56MVe.gif

Not sure if this should be NSFW.

    • Riddick3001
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      Seeing the video makes it clear. To me it looked like a Nazi salutation. Very much like the one Musk did.

    • Nougat
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      I think I saw his brain go “Fuck, pretend you were just waving!”

      • Don Antonio Magino
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        59 hours ago

        He doesn’t say ‘fuck’ because he’s not making a mistake. It’s just plausible deniability.

    • @[email protected]
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      210 hours ago

      I guess you could debate whether his shoes matched his outfit, but that salute was crystal clear