Musk then slapped his chest with his right hand, before flinging it diagonally upwards, palm face down. He turned around to audience members behind the podium, and repeated the gesture. “My heart goes out to you,

In a speech at President Donald Trump’s inaugural rally, Musk raised his right arm in the air twice in a row in a gesture some compared to a Nazi salute.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Elon Musk's support for the far-right in Europe is "completely unacceptable."

Elon Musk's endorsement of Germany's far-right AfD party ahead of the snap elections has sparked controversy, with government officials accusing him of foreign interference.

While addressing Trump supporters in Washington on Monday, the tech billionaire brought his hand to his chest and extended it straight out, twice, before saying: "My heart goes out to you." The gesture sparked controversy as it drew comparisons to a Nazi salute.

Elon Musk continues to champion right-wing politics in Europe.

Elon Musk’s controversial gesture, which some interpreted as a Nazi-style salute, drew criticism from Trump’s political opponents and energized fans on the far right.

The United States is our closest ally outside Europe. And I will do everything in my power to ensure that it stays that way,' Scholz said in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Elon Musk caused a stir on X by calling German Chancellor Olaf Scholz ’oaf Schitz’ after Scholz criticized extreme right positions in Europe.

Musk's gesture fuels his confrontation with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. "Frankly, they need new tricks. It's very tiring, this attack that everyone is Hitler." With this message on his social network X,

Michel Friedman, author and former deputy chair of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, told the German newspaper Tagesspiegel that he saw the inauguration live on television and according to him, Mr Musk had unambiguously emulated the fascist salute when he shot his right arm in an angular direction with the palm facing down.