Just when we thought it couldn't get any worse it did - Elon Musk does the Nazi salute. Trump pardons January 6 Capitol building rioters, begins mass deportations, repeals Civil Rights-era legislation, and calls for focus on execution of imprisoned illegal migrants.

Key words: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Nazi salute, mass deportations, Great Replacement conspiracy theory

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The Guardian (2025), ‘The gesture speaks for itself’: Germans respond to Musk’s apparent Nazi salute:  ...