Shhhhh.

https://ko-fi.com/covfefe84

If you look only at it purely logically - think about power structures at play and who wants to get in Trumps inner circle. One of those battles is Bannon vs Musk.

I don’t know if he is a racists but Elon being intelligent he probably deduced that a “fake salute” would help get on the good graces of MAGA. And it seems to have paid off. He’s in the Oval Office and Bannon is begging Trump for attention using this third term rhetoric. Bannon hates musk. This is documented in videos.

Think in terms of power. If you wanted to out maneuver your opponents who do you need on your side and who do you need to cater to. MAGA fundamentally hates billionaires so musk has to Don (pun intended) the MAGA mask. Now this would be a fine game if it didn’t cause suffering on a global scale.

In conclusion. It was a Nazi salute but it was a calculated one.