Donald Trump’s ‘First Buddy’ Elon Musk has triggered a controversy with a hand gesture at the inaugural parade in Washington DC. Many have compared it to the Nazi salute. However, experts are divided.

The MAGA world wasted no time finding an explanation for Elon Musk’s evocative hand gesture. Musk quickly flung up his hand and after placing it over his heart at a post-inauguration rally, putting his arm at an angle that raised eyebrows across the world.

Addressing Trump supporters hours after the Republican was inaugurated as the 47th US president on Monday, Musk hailed the outcome of the election on November 4 as “no ordinary victory”. “This was a fork in the road of human civilisation,” Musk said at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC.

Twitch streamer HasanAbi was left stunned as he watched Elon Musk’s controversial hand gesture during the live broadcast of Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025. Musk, the CEO of Tesla, has since faced significant backlash after many viewers speculated that he made the Roman Salute,

X and Tesla owner was widely criticised by viewers and journalists after his repeated gestures at the Capital One arena

Elon Musk wasted little time creating controversy following the swearing-in of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States on Monday. While speaking following the swearing in, Musk thanked the crowd, then put his hand to his chest and thrust it toward the crowd.

After President Donald Trump was sworn in for a second term by U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts on Monday, January 20, 2025, a variety of Inauguration Day activities followed—including a MAGA rally at the Capital One Arena in Washington,