The meaning of Elon Musk’s greeting
So was it a Hitler salute or not?Speaking at President Trump's inauguration event this week, Elon Musk slapped his right hand on his chest before shooting his arm diagonally upward, palm down. He did it twice.It closely resembled the salute used in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. But almost immediately a surprising number of different interpretations began to circulate.Some commentators called it the “Roman salute”. Others described it as a “sincere” expression of joy, or dismissed it as simply awkward.The website of the Anti-Defamation League, which campaigns against anti-Semitism, defines the Nazi salute as “raising the right arm straight with the palm facing down” and classifies it as “the most common white supremacist hand sign to the world."But after Musk's stiff salute, the Anti-Defa...