Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) was among those who sharply criticized billionaire Elon Musk on Monday for making “what appears to be a Heil Hitler salute” during an event celebrating the

Elon Musk responded to criticism of his gesture during a post-inauguration speech on Monday, saying those comparing it to a Nazi salute were deploying "dirty tricks."

Several news organizations and reporters accused Elon Musk of doing a Nazi salute during the inauguration celebration for President Trump.

All the chatter about Elon Musk's speech Monday at Capitol One Arena in DC isn't about what he said but about a gesture he made, twice. To critics, it looked for all the world to be a Nazi salute, reports Politico.

A gesture made by Elon Musk while he was speaking at President Donald Trump's Inauguration Parade Monday evening caused a stir online, with some people noting that the tech billionaire's straight-arm movement looked like a Nazi salute.

Some across the political spectrum said the gesture looked like a "Heil Hitler" salute. The ADL said it was not.

In a speech at President Donald Trump’s inaugural rally, Musk raised his right arm in the air twice in a row in a gesture some compared to a Nazi salute.

Elon Musk responded to criticism of his gesture during a post-inauguration speech on Monday, saying those comparing it to a Nazi salute were deploying "dirty tricks."

"It is easy to see that he didn’t," wrote the conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt. "Those asserting that he did are low and absurd people without a shred of credibility."

Trump began his second term with a series of executive actions. The 47th US president ordered a crackdown on immigration and withdrew the US from the Paris Climate Agreement and World Health Organization.

My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero had stronger words for what experts described as a Hitler-esque gesture: "f--k this guy."