"No, Elon Musk did not do those salutes," New York Rep. Elise Stefanik told Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy when pressed before lawmakers at her confirmation hearing.

Elon Musk’s salute before a cheering crowd during Trump’s inauguration festivities has ignited a swirl of debate about whether he did a Nazi salute, a so-called Roman salute or another gesture

“It seems that Elon Musk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute,” the Anti-Defamation League wrote Monday in a statement on Musk’s own social media platform X, referring to Musk’s outstretched-arm movement that came as he was thanking his supporters.

Even if Musk did "accidentally" make the Nazi-like salute, multiple neo-Nazis gleefully embraced the gesture at face value as a Sieg Heil, and proclaimed, "We are so back."

Musk told supporters, "And I just want to say thank you for making it happen. Thank you," before making the gesture dissected around the world.

Elon Musk has responded to allegations that he performed a Nazi salute at President Donald Trump 's inauguration, calling it a "dirty trick" by his critics. Musk addressed the controversy on his platform X (formerly Twitter) Monday night, replying to a user: "Frankly, they need better dirty tricks. The 'everyone is Hitler' attack is sooo tired."

Billionaire Elon Musk gave a stiff arm salute during the Trump inauguration rally that has gone viral; The 'Nazi' salute explained.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a nonprofit focused on combating antisemitism, defended tech billionaire Elon Musk’s “awkward” gesture during a Monday celebratory event which some critics panned as a fascist salute.

Well, that didn't take long. The left media didn't make it one day into Trump's new presidency without a meltdown.

Elise Stefanik told Sen. Chris Murphy that she is more worried about a senator wasting time during the confirmation hearing for a UN Ambassador asking about it than she is about Elon Musk appearing to do a Nazi salute.

The confusion hasn’t stopped critics and fans alike of the world’s richest man from reading into the gesture what they wanted.