No, Elon Musk did not perform a Nazi salute

Published January 21, 2025 4:43pm ET



Benjamin Franklin once said in an 18th-century letter to French physician Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, “Our new Constitution is now established and has an appearance that promises permanency. But in this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.” 

If he were alive today, he would most certainly add to this list of life certainties: Democrats falsely accusing their Republican political rivals of being Nazis and supporting Adolf Hitler. It’s their go-to hyperbolic hysteria political tactic. Typically, it’s deployed during important political elections, but with a new year comes new ideas, and Democrats and their sycophants on the Left dusted off the unsuccessful political playbook and decided to use it against SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

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