A gesture associated with the Nazis has a surprising history. But in Germany, there was little doubt about its meaning.

Musk then slapped his chest with his right hand, before flinging it diagonally upwards, palm face down. He turned around to audience members behind the podium, and repeated the gesture. “My heart goes out to you,

Errol Musk laughed and defended his son against allegations of making a Nazi salute, calling the accusation “absolute nonsense” and “rubbish.”

Musk has promoted antisemitic and white nationalist content online, and has endorsed a neo-Nazi party in Germany.

Billionaire's estranged daughter has used rival social media platforms to attack Trump's anti-transgender executive order, and her dad's salute.

Some across the political spectrum said the gesture looked like a "Heil Hitler" salute. The ADL said it was not.

The world’s richest man set out on a quest to boost the European powerhouse’s far-right opposition.

Elon Musk has been condemned as "a mixture of mad and right-wing extremist" by professor Jens-Christian Wagner, a historian who runs the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial, the largest in Germany.

A local network parted ways with its meteorologist after she condemned Elon Musk for a "Nazi salute" and said with expletives she would not associate with his supporters.