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- Elon Musk shared a social media post calling for “White solidarity” on Thursday, Jan. 8
- Musk quoted an X user who wrote about his fear of “White men becoming a minority,” adding a “100” emoji to indicate his approval
- The post comes almost a year to the day after Musk faced controversy for making a one-armed gesture at President Donald Trump’s inauguration parade that some interpreted as a Nazi salute
Elon Musk recently shared a social media post calling for “White solidarity.”
On Thursday, Jan. 8, Musk quoted a post on X that read, “If White men become a minority, we will be slaughtered.”
The post continued, “Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while White men hold a collective majority, then they will be 1000x times more hostile and cruel when they are a majority over Whites. White solidarity is the only way to survive.”
In his repost, Musk added the “100” emoji, seemingly signaling his endorsement.
Musk’s repost comes almost a year after he faced criticism for making a controversial one-handed salute during his speech at President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities on Jan. 20, 2025.
Many observers interpreted the gesture as an imitation of the Nazi salute made infamous by Adolf Hitler (which is illegal in some countries, including Germany). But defenders, including some Jewish groups, pushed back, denying that was Musk’s intention.
The former Trump adviser wrote in a post on X at the time that the criticism of his gesture was a politically-motivated attack by Democrats.
“Frankly, they need better dirty tricks. The ‘everyone is Hitler’ attack is sooo tired,” he wrote, adding a sleeping emoji.
However, just over a month later, Musk made multiple Nazi references while discussing the gesture in an interview on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
“I did not see it coming,” the tech billionaire, 54, said, putting “not” and “see” together to sound like “Nazi.” He added that “people will Goebbels anything down,” referring to German Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels.
Musk seemed to have a falling out with the Trump administration after leaving his post as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) when his special government employee contract ended on May 30, 2025.
His X feed was filled with criticism of the Trump White House, especially the president’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which he called “a disgusting abomination.”
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These days, however, the Tesla CEO seems to be back in alignment with many of the top Trump talking points. He has recently shared dozens of posts about the alleged fraud in Minnesota, the ICE shooting death of Renee Nicole Good, and the conspiracy theory that Democrats support paying immigrants to come to the U.S. and vote liberally.
On Thursday, he also updated his pinned tweet to share a video from Canadian professor Gad Saad, in which he detailed his plan for “how to save the West.”
Saad said, in part, “In order for the West to win this civilizational battle, it must proudly and unequivocally defend Western values,… recognize that all cultures are not equal, recognize that all religious beliefs are not equally consistent with Western values, recognize that all immigrants are not equally likely to assimilate and adopt Western values.”
