It doesn't matter what Musk really meant with this salute. Robotaxis are exclusively a product for large urban areas, and that population largely didn't like it at all.

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

A Republican official in Pennsylvania has been forced to resign after posting her own version of Elon Musk’s highly evocative salute from Donald Trump’s inauguration. Towamencin Township Supervisor Laura Smith posted a TikTok video in which she hit her chest three times and extended her arm out in front of her,

SNL's Weekend Update co-hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost had a lot of material to play with after Donald Trump's first week back in the Oval Office.

The board said in a statement that it intends to accept Smith’s resignation at its next meeting, adding that it “cannot and will not tolerate such conduct.”

A local elected official in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, has resigned after coming under fire for a social media post.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk addressed a rally for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on Saturday, urging attendees to move on from past guilt related to the country's Nazi history. Newsweek has contacted Musk via an email to Tesla for comment.

Taking their cue from Musk and the Trump administration, Missouri lawmakers also have decided to root out fraud, abuse and waste. To that end, the House and Senate government efficiency committees met jointly Monday to brainstorm ways to cut,