Elon Musk draws outrage over 'odd-looking salute' at Trump inauguration celebration
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The world’s richest man drew a ton of attention over an ill-advised “salute” he did on stage. Tesla CEO and “first buddy” Elon Musk drew a ton of immediate outrage online and on cable news after he made an “odd-looking” gesture during his speech at the Capitol One Arena on Monday to celebrate President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
After getting extremely excited about the prospect of landing a man on Mars and planting an American flag, the X owner pounded his chest and shot his right arm in an angular motion toward the sky. He also turned his back on the audience and repeated the gesture towards the back of the stage.
“Standing ovation for Elon Musk. By far the biggest reception of the day,” CNN anchor Erin Burnett noted. “You saw him come out with that odd-looking salute.”. “It was odd-looking,” Burnett reiterated, pointing out that they would show viewers a screenshot of the moment.
Considering the strange spectacle and the similarities to a particular other controversial hand motion, it didn’t take long for critics of the Trump-backing billionaire and DOGE chief to exclaim online what they thought the world’s richest man was doing at that moment.
