‘Heil Tesla’: Elon Musk’s salute projected onto carmaker’s factory in Germany

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An image of Elon Musk making a straight-arm, Nazi-like gesture during his speech Monday at U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration was projected onto Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin-Brandenburg on Wednesday night.

The image featured Musk making the gesture alongside the words “Heil Tesla.” U.K. activist group Led By Donkeys and Germany’s Centre for Political Beauty were behind the display, and posted a shared Instagram post from the two groups. “Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin. #LedByDonkeys,” the caption read.

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Led By Donkeys also shared a mini-doc on Instagram Thursday, with the caption, “The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is promoting the far right in Europe. Don’t buy @teslamotors. Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin.”

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The projection of the image on the Tesla Gigafactory comes after Musk’s speech on Monday at Trump’s inauguration. He thanked Trump supporters before slapping his hand on his chest and extending his arm straight outward and upward with his palm facing downward.

“I just want to say thank you for making it happen,” Musk said during his speech at Capital One Arena, referring to Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election. Then he slapped his hand on his chest and extended his arm straight out and up with his palm facing down.

“My heart goes out to you,” Musk said, after turning around to make a similar gesture facing the other way.

Musk responded to the accusations that his gesture looked like a Nazi salute on X several hours after he left the stage.

“Frankly, they need better dirty tricks. The ‘everyone is Hitler’ attack is sooo tired,” Musk wrote.

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