Not waving but

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Meanwhile, Bannon…

Steve Bannon has been accused of making a “Nazi” salute while giving a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday.

The incident occurred soon after Elon Musk, another top ally of Donald Trump, was accused of giving a Nazi salute on stage during an event celebrating the president’s January inauguration.

There’s a clip, and I gotta say, it’s a pretty feeble “Nazi salute” if it is one at all. It’s not as energized as Musk’s was – it’s more like a wave than a Nazi salute. But I’m not going to quibble. It’s not as if either of these guys is a staunch opponent of Nazi-style messages.

H/t NightCrow

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3 responses to “Not waving but”

  1. Omar Avatar
    Omar

    Strange stuff. As Trump and his crew are just a millimetre or so to the left of Genghis Khan, I would have thought they would be dismissive of Nazism; too timid, and not great again enough. Stuff like that.

  2. Rob Avatar
    Rob

    I watched the clip yesterday. It was a nazi salute, just casually done like you’re meeting the bro’s down at the platz.

  3. What a Maroon Avatar
    What a Maroon

    Maybe it was, maybe it wasn’t. But in this case, I trust the National Rally.

    The French far-right leader Jordan Bardella on Friday morning cancelled a scheduled speech at the US Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, after Donald Trump’s former aide Steve Bannon flashed a fascist-style salute there hours before.

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    Bardella, who was in Washington ahead of his appearance and had said he intended to talk about relations between the US and France, issued a statement saying: “Yesterday, while I was not present in the room, one of the speakers, out of provocation, allowed himself a gesture alluding to Nazi ideology. I therefore took the immediate decision to cancel my speech that had been scheduled this afternoon.”

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