He was trolling; see https://pontifex.substack.com/p/more-on-musks-alleged-hitler-salute

haven't verified anything about this take, but I'm honestly not sure I would count this as sincere OR troll.... maybe it's some fucked up third thing. "it was transactional rather than ideological".
https://www.facebook.com/brainmesser/posts/pfbid029H3SEWCKLvarZwz45WRtG4Zd2xZG7WSmhJjFYhKV9YJuXoJiBFv5uDpR2BbHCPcjl

I'm voting other because I don't think it was on purpose; however, the richest man in the world shouldn't get to spin off mistakes as 'lol I'm autistic'.

Autistic induced troll salute

https://xcancel.com/elonmusk/status/1882437483000127934

'autistic accident' is a beautiful way of putting it

@Shai seems like one that could be easily cleaned up with a statement that it wasn't and that Nazis should hang themselves

@AlexanderTheGreater I see where you're coming from but I don't actually think such a statement would help him much.

@Shai maybe. self-identifying Nazis on X were celebrating his move. If he could put half the energy he puts up against "woke" against those people's applause of his gesture it would certainly look better

@AlexanderTheGreater Yea, he does have a case of the brainworms sadly