"Did he really do that or was it just an awkward hand gesture?"
Come on! Given Elon's well published views on white racial superiority and his eugenics campaign begging white people to have more babies and the fact he is from South Africa, home of Apartheid, it is quite clear that Elon is a full on Nazi. The fact he will stand up and do this PUBLICLY not once but twice for emphasis further cements the fact Elon believes he can do absolutely anything he wants to and nothing, not even being a Nazi can be punished. Given the Trump also is a Nazi and POTUS and commits felonies at will shows this is probably true.
You can bet this will embolden their followers to start using the salute publicly more often now as well. Elon is normalizing it as Free Speech.
Amerika Uber Alis!
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/01/musk-trump-inauguration-salute/681390/
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