Columnist challenges Elon Musk defender to mimic infamous salute live on TV as he says it wasn’t a ‘Sieg Heil’
Columnist challenges Elon Musk defender to mimic infamous salute live on TV as he says it wasn’t a ‘Sieg Heil’
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Former GOP stretegist Scott Jennings says Musk critics are suffering from ‘Elon Derangement Syndrome’. The billionaire, who is cementing himself as a mainstay in President Donald Trump’s inner circle, has been slammed since proudly thumping his chest and shooting his right hand to the sky – twice – at Trump’s post-inauguration rally last Monday.
![[Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade in Washington, DC, on 20 January, 2025]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/21/08/elon-musk-heil-salute-far-right.jpg)
After rushing to the defense of Trump’s First Buddy, Jennings was challenged byWashington Post columnist Catherine Rampell on NewsNight Monday evening, a date marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. “I don’t understand why this guy keeps getting the benefit of the doubt, whether or not he believes this stuff, personally,” Rampell said of Musk, who noted she was the only Jew around the table.
Interjecting, Jennings claimed that Musk’s critics are suffering from a progression of Trump Derangement Syndrome – a disease manufactured by the Republican’s campaign team in which a person abandons all logic and reason due to their dislike of the president.
“We’ve moved on from Trump derangement syndrome to Elon derangement syndrome,” the former GOP strategist retorted. “So, he has a long record of supporting the Jewish people, number one. Number two, anybody who is asserting this thing he did on the stage the other day was a Sieg Heil, which I just heard you say… lawyer up maybe because, [it’s an] absolute[ly] ridiculous thing to say.”.
