Musk's response to the accusations has included the complaint that the "legacy media" is trying to cancel him.

After facing backlash for gestures at Trump’s inauguration event and attempts to make Nazi-related puns on X, Elon Musk told supporters of Germany’s far-right AfD party there is “too much of a focus on past guilt.

During the 26 January episode of SNL, Weekend Update host Michael Che mocked Musk for the salute, once again drawing comparisons to the Nazis and Musk’s own Tesla brand. “Elon Musk was criticised for his speech at a rally after the inauguration in which he appears to give the Nazi salute.