20-01-2025. This is a real image

  • drivepiler@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Ngl, I was sceptical since still images are not a good representation of what’s really going on when people are moving around, but then I checked out the video. Good lord, he even did it twice.

  • WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    I wondering if he did it to win a bet: “Hey man, we already get away with some fucken outlandish shit, and people ate that up. I bet you that you can’t get away with throwing out a nazi salute on live tv”

    fElon: hold my K…

  • big_fat_fluffy@leminal.space
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    28 minutes ago

    This is mob insanity at work. There is no nazi.

    He’s just waving at the audience for Christ’s sake.

  • arc@lemm.ee
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    1 hour ago

    Next he’ll be wearing a swastika on his arm and claiming “oh this is just a whirling log, a symbol of prosperity and peace”. And also “oh this is just a very black uniform that Hugo Boss made for me”

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    2 hours ago

    I can’t be fucked to go and see. Tired, been working in the cold.

    Is this getting much mainstream coverage or is it being ignored?

  • DukeHawthorne@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    And it’s day fucking 1! We still have (at least) four more YEARS of this!

    I’m reminded of Trump’s first term, when we all thought it couldn’t possibly get any worse, and yet it always did keep getting worse.

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    2 hours ago

    Reminder that ~270 170 million Americans allowed this to happen.

  • Vaggumon@lemm.ee
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    7 hours ago

    Musk went from being the Henry Ford of our times to the Henry Ford of our times.

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    7 hours ago

    Jesus Christ - I’ve filtered for all Elon and Trump news and this manages to skip the filter.

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    8 hours ago

    Real funny how r/elonmusk official stance is that it was not a nazi salute. And yet the entire place is on complete lockdown. its as if someone just threw 3 sig heils while the cheers got louder only during the gesture.