Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Tesla CEO ELon Musk in the Nazi Salute row and said that the billionaire was being falsely smeared. PM Netanyahu also called Elon Musk a ‘Great Friend Of Israel’.
The "Sieg Heil" heard 'round the world has made its way to Germany, where activists are using that now-infamous image at Tesla's Gigafactory.
“Last night we were up on the Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin, the main European manufacturing site of Elon Musk’s car business,” the group wrote in an email to supporters on Thursday. “It’s the company that makes him the world’s richest man, money he is increasingly using to boost the far-right across Europe.”
Online users shared videos showing Musk twice extending his hand outward from his heart but omitted his words explaining the gesture.
"I’m ending my lease two months early. When the Tesla rep asked why I’m not considering another Tesla, I said I’m sick of being associated with Elon."
Fineman previously took aim at Musk after fellow SNL cast member Bowen Yang revealed on Watch What Happens Live in August 2024 that one SNL host had “made multiple cast members cry on on Wednesday before the table read because he hated the ideas.”
The debate over Musk’s latest move has added fuel to other ongoing feuds, too.
Elon Musk responds to the criticism over his one-armed gesture during Trump's inauguration which sparked controversy.
The British arm of the German brand says it’s no longer posting on Musk's X platform but will remain active on Facebook and Instagram
Washington: The ‘Nazis Controversy’ involving Elon Musk is still a hot topic online, and now a new post has brought French President Emmanuel Macron into the conversation. Elon Musk recently reacted to a viral post featuring French President Emmanuel Macron,
Netanyahu pointed to Musk’s visiting Israel after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack and advocating for what he said was “Israel’s right to defend itself against genocidal terrorists and regimes who seek to annihilate the one and only Jewish state.”