Musk’s gesture “very much a fascist salute” driven by attention-grabbing, expert says

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Right-wing extremists are celebrating Elon Musk’s straight-arm gesture during a speech Monday following Donald Trump’s inauguration. FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen speaks to Paul Jackson, Professor of History of Radicalism and Extremism at the University of Northampton, who says that Musk’s gesture was “very much a fascist salute and it is quite clear what the intention was to symbolize”, largely driven by “attention-grabbing”.

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