Elon Musk told a rally the German far-right AfD party, just before Holocaust Remembrance Day, that Germany should get over "past guilt."
The chairman of the World Holocaust Remembrance Center has accused Elon Musk of insulting victims of Nazism after the billionaire told a German far-right political party that the country needed to “move beyond” the “guilt” of the past.
Elon Musk may be ready to move on from the Holocaust, but not everyone is on board. Dani Dayan, chairman of the Holocaust memorial center Yad Vashem, hit back at the divisive billionaire’s call for Germany to stop feeling guilty about its past.
After defending Musk's viral salute, The Anti-Defamation League is criticizing the tech billionaire for making a series of Holocaust jokes.
Calvin Robinson made the gesture during his speech at the National Pro-Life Summit in Washington D.C. on Jan. 25.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took an opportunity on the campaign trail Tuesday to criticize Elon Musk, telling CNN that the US billionaire “is intervening in favor of right-wing politicians all over Europe.
Musk has been under scrutiny after making a hand gesture resembling a Nazi salute at a Trump inauguration event earlier the week.
Musk's comments came two days before International Holocaust Remembrance Day and right after he was criticized for making what many viewers interpreted as a Nazi salute during an inauguration speech.
Semitic, anti-Muslim, and anti-immigration AFD Party, urged Germany to “move beyond” Holocaust education, and appeared to do a fascist-style salute at a Trump inauguration party, which he denied. With Holocaust Remembrance Day approaching,
“It’d like to report a homicide,” Congressman Eric Swalwell wrote on X. “ (Catherine Rampell) completely destroys (Scott Jennings). “On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Scott defends the Hitler salute. Doesn’t end well for him.”
Musk made a virtual appearance at a campaign event for Germany’s far-right AfD party, saying “children should not be guilty of the sins of their parents.”
The chair of Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust memorial, said Sunday tech billionaire Elon Musk’s call for Germans to “move beyond” the crimes of Nazi Germany is dangerous for the country’s