{"id":17407,"date":"2025-01-21T19:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/21\/the-gesture-speaks-for-itself-germans-respond-to-musks-apparent-nazi-salute\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T19:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:37:19","slug":"the-gesture-speaks-for-itself-germans-respond-to-musks-apparent-nazi-salute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/21\/the-gesture-speaks-for-itself-germans-respond-to-musks-apparent-nazi-salute\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The gesture speaks for itself\u2019: Germans respond to Musk\u2019s apparent Nazi salute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some say it was an unambiguous Nazi salute but others are unsure and say focus should be on Musk\u2019s stated support for far-right<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jan\/21\/elon-musk-nazi-roman-salute-difference-trump-inauguration\">Did Elon Musk give a Nazi or Roman salute, and what\u2019s the difference?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There were angry reactions across Europe to Elon Musk\u2019s apparent use of a salute banned for its Nazi links in Germany, where some condemned it as malicious provocation or an outreach of solidarity to far-right groups.<\/p>\n<p>Michel Friedman, a prominent German-French publicist and former deputy chair of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, described Musk\u2019s actions \u2013 at an event after Donald Trump\u2019s swearing in as US president \u2013 as a disgrace and said Musk had shown that a \u201cdangerous point for the entire free world\u201d had been reached.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/jan\/21\/the-gesture-speaks-for-itself-germans-divided-over-musks-apparent-nazi-salute\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/8d961608d3f4153535ae0ef64c95d280b8d49f72\/0_87_4715_2829\/master\/4715.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=51a1f7888d95be04900d13e0caec1257\" title=\"\u2018The gesture speaks for itself\u2019: Germans respond to Musk\u2019s apparent Nazi salute\" \/>Some say it was an unambiguous Nazi salute but others are unsure and say focus should be on Musk\u2019s stated support for far-right<br \/>\nDid Elon Musk give a Nazi or Roman salute, and what\u2019s the difference?<br \/>\nThere were angry reactions across Europe to Elon Musk\u2019s apparent use of a salute banned for its Nazi links in Germany, where some condemned it as malicious provocation or an outreach of solidarity to far-right groups.<br \/>\nMichel Friedman, a prominent German-French publicist and former deputy chair of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, described Musk\u2019s actions \u2013 at an event after Donald Trump\u2019s swearing in as US president \u2013 as a disgrace and said Musk had shown that a \u201cdangerous point for the entire free world\u201d had been reached. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some say it was an unambiguous Nazi salute but others are unsure and say focus should be on Musk\u2019s stated support for far-right Did Elon Musk give a Nazi or Roman salute, and what\u2019s the difference? There were angry reactions across Europe to Elon Musk\u2019s apparent use of a salute banned for its Nazi links &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/21\/the-gesture-speaks-for-itself-germans-respond-to-musks-apparent-nazi-salute\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018The gesture speaks for itself\u2019: Germans respond to Musk\u2019s apparent Nazi salute<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17407"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}