Podcast giant and comedian Joe Rogan blasted liberals who accused billionaire X owner Elon Musk of using a “Nazi salute” while speaking at the inauguration parade for President Trump.
Mediaite pointed out as during a recent episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience”, the host defended Musk, stating that those who accuse him of a stunt are playing a “bulls— game” that no one seriously believes and everyone sees as “crying wolf”.
“The problem with that is, after a while, you cry wolf and people say, ‘Oh, this is a bulls— game you’re playing, and you’re just using it as an excuse,’ ” Rogan told show guest and fellow podcaster Lex Fridman in Wednesday.
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Various liberal media accused Musk making a Nazi gesture during Trump’s inauguration celebration at Capitol One Arena in Washington, DC, on Monday. As he spoke to the raucous crowd, Musk put his hand over his heart and quickly extended it in a gesture that even CNN anchors suggested looked like a Nazi-era salute.
“This is what victory feels like! And this was no ordinary victory, this was a fork in the road for human civilization,” Musk said. He made a gesture and said, “I just want to say thank you for making this possible, thank you. From my heart to yours.”
“That salute was evocative of things we’ve seen throughout history,” said CNN anchor Kasie Hunt. The PBS News Hour X account reported that Musk “gave what appeared to be a fascist salute.”
The Jerusalem Post published an article about the gesture on X and headlined it saying, “American billionaire Elon Musk appeared to give a Heil Hitler salute at Trump’s parade in Washington DC on Monday, following Trump’s inauguration.”
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Elon Musk arrives as President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a rally ahead of the 60th presidential inauguration, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP)
Musk hit back at the accusations on Monday, saying: “Frankly, they need better dirty tricks. The ‘everyone’s a Hitler’ attack is so tired.”
Rogan did not believe the Nazi comparison, calling it “bulls—” and claiming that liberals “always” use the comparisons as cheap ways to justify attacks on their political enemies.
He said, “I mean, this is Donald Trump’s excuse. You’d do anything to stop Hitler, you know, right? And that’s why they want to mix it up, and they always want to pretend they’re all Hitlers.”
He mentioned how Musk, the latest target of this game, had called him names in the past.
“Elon talked a lot about this, about – and he’s absolutely right – that people use the awakened ideology as an excuse to be ——, when in fact it’s only people who are—— – who they attach themselves to things that make them feel righteous.”
“And so they get wrapped up in this idea that they’re given a virtue and they’re allowed to say the most horrible things about other people who have a different perspective,” Rogan said, adding that people who do that “are doing the wrong thing.”
