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ON BBC Newsnight the panel of journalists and politicians were discussing Elon Musk’s emphatic salute at Trump’s triumphal inauguration rally in Washington DC.
Probably most people have seen Musk’s Dr Strangelove moment by now but none of the panel would say what it most clearly was: a Nazi salute.
Musk did not just involuntarily raise his right arm and point his fingers to heaven. He slammed his right hand into his chest, paused for a long moment, and then thrust his arm upwards as tens of millions watched nationwide, and thousands of Trump supporters in the auditorium in Washington cheered.
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