The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a nonprofit committed to fighting antisemitism, criticized tech billionaire Elon Musk for his social media post Thursday that used Nazi puns to taunt those who accused him of making a fascist salute at an event following President Trump’s inauguration on Monday.



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ADL, which had defended Musk, takes issue with his Nazi puns

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’The Holocaust was a singularly evil event, and it is inappropriate and offensive to make light of it,’ the head of the ADL rebuked Donald Trump’s ‘best buddy’

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'His pronouns would’ve been He/Himmler! Bet you did nazi that coming,' read one of Elon Musk's puns on X.

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The Anti-Defamation League slammed Elon Musk after he posted a series of Nazi-related puns on X when defending his gesture at a Trump inauguration rally that many claimed was a Nazi salute.

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ADL slams Elon Musk after billionaire makes series of Nazi puns defending Trump rally salute: ‘The Holocaust is not a joke’

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a nonprofit committed to fighting antisemitism, criticized tech billionaire Elon Musk for his social media post on Thursday that used Nazi puns to taunt those who accused him of making a fascist salute at an event following President Trump’s inauguration on Monday.

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ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt took a swipe at Musk on X on Thursday calling his remarks "inappropriate."

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Tech billionaire Elon Musk has made fun of criticism of him for a gesture similar to the Hitler salute. On his platform X, he posted a provocative play on words... The tech billionaire published a series of sentences in which he replaced certain words with the names of influential National Socialists who, alongside Adolf Hitler, organized and implemented the persecution and murder of millions of Jews: Rudolf Hess, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himml…

Tech-Milliardär Elon Musk hat sich über Kritik an ihm wegen einer Hitlergruß-ähnlichen Geste lustig gemacht. Auf seiner Plattform X postete er ein provokantes Wortspiel ... Der Tech-Milliardär veröffentlichte eine Reihe von Sätzen, in die er anstelle bestimmter Wörter Namen einflussreicher Nationalsozialisten setzte, die an der Seite von Adolf Hitler die Verfolgung und millionenfache Ermordung von Juden organisierten und umsetzten: Rudolf Heß, J…

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Musk responds to criticism with a Nazi pun

The incident only lasted seconds, but it sparked what has become a global debate about how to interpret what Musk did. Then Musk started posting Nazi-themed jokes.

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Elon Musk tried to turn the salute controversy into a joke

Elon Musk has posted a message with a series of Nazi-related puns on X after backlash over a hand gesture he made during President Trump's inauguration celebration. NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor has more on the controversial message.

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Elon Musk posts Nazi-related puns after backlash over inauguration gesture

On his platform X, he replaced words with the names of influential National Socialists. This is not his first malicious reaction to the criticism.

Auf seiner Plattform X ersetzte er Wörter mit den Namen einflussreicher Nationalsozialisten. Es ist nicht seine erste hämische Reaktion auf die Kritik.

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After Hitler salute gesture: Musk makes fun of criticism with Nazi pun

Just days after Elon Musk was criticized for giving what looked like a Nazi salute following the swearing-in of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States, the richest man in the world is being scrutinized once more.

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