I don't understand. He literally does this twice on tv, but he wants it removed from social media?

If you look at the personality organization of malignant narcissists, you learn that their sense of self and even their memory is fragmentary. They're in the realm of borderline personality organization, which is halfway between neurotic (normal) and schizoid.
This is why it makes sense to them that history should start fresh every day. They don't connect actions with consequences because their brains are not set up to do that.

I think he wants it removed because of the effect on Tesla. He’d prefer if he could do things without consequences for his actions.
- I assume it sucks feeling consequenses for the first time in his life. I hope he feels some more consequenses.

Spez is also a cocksucker
- There’s nothing wrong with sucking cocks. There’s everything wrong with being a greedy little Nazi bootlicker pigboy.
  
  Don't forget creating and awarding a unique "Pimp Daddy" trophy for the founder and moderator of r/jailbait and r/creepshots!
  
  I think it depends whose cock is being sucked
  In this case it is musk's
  
  "Greedy little Nazi bootlicker pigboy" would be an excellent BDSM/alt-culture nickname if greedy bootlicking pigboy Nazis hadn't ruined everyone's fun. Again.
  
  There’s nothing wrong with sucking cock but there is no doubt with a face like that he loves the idea of chocking on a cock as he fondles the nuts.
- He looks like a fucking serial killer
  
  I find it funny how all these tech guys all have the same soulless dead eyed stare. To the point where an AI generated portrait looks more human than them.
- Cocksuckers at least provide a service. Spez just services himself.
  
  And then we say....
  Anyone? Somebody? Come on people. Nobody? Well, guess it's up to me.
  Fuck Spez.
  
  I think you're forgetting his servicing of a certain knob's knob. Here's a hint: it's 4 letters and can be made with the letters in "felon"
- *Steve Huffman
  
  Who?

In Musk logic: it's not bad when he does it. It's bad when people start discussing it, because they might come to a disapproving conclusion.
- That's a very roundabout way to say that he doesn't enjoy consequences.
  
  Just like children who grow up without consequences.

Remember when he was investigated by the SEC for Tweeting out that he was buying back Tesla stock for $420 apiece?
And when he got booted out of the company he started because he insisted on naming it "X" despite everyone telling him that made it sound like a porn site?
And when he accused those divers of being pedophiles because they rescued stranded children before he could find a way to make it about himself?
And when just about every time he announces he's saved government money, the number "saved" is immediately backtracked?
And how the whole reason he owns Twitter is he made on offer that he immediately tried to back out of and would have if not for the threat of a multimillion dollar suit for breach of contract?
Elon Musk does not think shit through. However smart or stupid he is, however deeply he does or doesn't believe the Trump Administration's fascist bullshit, he does not dedicate much time to thinking about it before he does stuff. I do not doubt for a moment that he performed and meant to perform a Nazi salute. As to what he was thinking, I cannot say. Maybe he cannot. He definitely has sympathies for anti-semitic and racist movements, but I don't think he thought he was going to be hailed as the savior of the Aryan race for doing it. Maybe he thought it would be funny. Maybe he thought it would be "ironic." Maybe he thought it would get "teh libz" in a tizzy. He probably didn't think he would have to avoid ever going to Germany again under threat of being arrested. Whatever he was thinking, he probably wasn't thinking it more than five seconds before he did it. And he's clearly not thinking it now. Because despite being the richest man on the planet, Elon Musk is a bumblefuck who doesn't think things through and has thus far been able to buy or otherwise ride his way out of any consequences of the things he has done without thinking about them.
- That diver stunt was my "this guy is stupid and I shouldn't listen to anything he says" moment. Before that I was just skeptical. No idea how he had any credibility with a decent human being after that.
- Did Germany make him persona non grata or something? Or is there a standing arrest on sight order for Nazis in general
  
  The latter.
  They take neo-fascism seriously.
- ELON is such a 12yo manchild, thinks like a sex-curious, addict of that age. he would be the ones asking those wierd sexual question on askreddit sub.
- Yeah, I think you're exactly right. Now he's seeing consequences - particularly the affect on the Tesla brand - and realised he's shat the bed. So he's thinking 'If I can make those photos go away, people will forget it happened.'
  Yeah, lotsa luck with that.
- Well said

Comparison of Nazi salute circa 1940 to Musk salute circa 2025:
Video of repeated Nazi salutes at Trump's Inauguration
- If Hitler were alive he'd watch this video and say "Ja! Das ist how you do it!"
- I never actually watched the video. Now that I watched I think he didn't mean to make a Nazi salute. He pressed his chest before raising his hand. I think he meant to salute his audience. That would also align with what he's saying.
  
  Yes, the way a Nazi would - now shut the fuck up about it not being a Nazi salute.
  
  It's people like you why I have to keep this damn gif around:
  
  Ehhh. It's pretty Nazi.
  
  He had ample opportunity to go back and apologize, say he didn't mean to, with how it looked, anything. But no he went to double down with anti semitism, and supporting the afd. He didn't, it was a nazi salute, and it shouldn't be shouldn't be defended.
  
  Cool cool cool. So since it looks like a Nazi salute and was maybe accidental, he will surely apologize for the appearance and make sure no one misunderstands and thinks he is green lighting Naziism. That would be a good way to know. Should not take more than 24 hours. Even a tweet would help. Or a Xit or whatever we should call it now.
  
  Gonna tag you as 'fucking moron'
  
  Even Musk hasn't denied it was a Nazi salute. Twice.
  He only said that he doesn't want to be called Hitler.
  
  Hitler also did it. The only difference was that Elon Musk did so with more vigour. If he didn't mean to make a Nazi salute, why did he respond with Nazi puns rather than apologizing?
  
  Did you believe him when he said owning a Tesla would actually pay you when it drives itself in…2015?
  
  He was saluting his audience... Not unlike Hitler
  
  I'm blocking you, but before I do I want you to know I hope you go out like Hitler did.
  
  Were you born this fucking stupid or did you have to take classes?
  Who am I gonna believe? You or my lying eyes?
  
  He did it twice. That’s not an oops.
  
  I'd say you're dumb as dog shit, but comparatively you make dog shit look smart.
  
  Have you ever watched American History X? Go see how neo-nazis salute each other.
  
  You mean the 2 times he did it? Once toward the crowd and then toward the flag... like a nazi?
  
  Oh i read your post and now that i did it's very clear you meant he was doing nazi salutes.

On TV the heil reaches the target audience in a way of plausoble deniability, on the internet it can be perceived constantly, thought of, discussed. That breeds dissent much more than passive, temporary consumption.
That and he definetely wasn't expecting the backlash to be as big as it was
- That and he definetely wasn't expecting the backlash to be as big as it was
  FUCKING HOW?
  
  Living in an echo chamber can make one pretty deaf to life's real problems.
  
  FUCKING HOW?
  He's a fucking idiot that's convinced he's smarter than everyone else.
  
  Honestly? I think he was on cocaine or something at that moment, sure looked like it.
  
  He was testing the waters And to know his "limit". Now that we know there are people denying what it was and defending him, he can push it further, rally his/trumps base, create distractions and continue the grift while planting seeds of racism and violence among the communities. distraction mostly, but he's a piece of shit human.
  
  He thinks he's a god. Only thing I can think
  
  He is of the special kind of dumb that comes from obscenely rich backgrounds
  
  Most likely Musk was testing the waters, but there's also a high probability that he's just plain stupid, after all, this is the same guy who pretended to be the best PoE2 player by paying others to play the game for him, only to then accidentally expose his own lie on a live stream.
  Regardless of his reasons for making the gesture at that moment, taking into account his family history and the parties and people he supports, that gesture was without a shadow of a doubt a Nazi salute whose ideology he admires.
- On TV the heil reaches the target audience in a way of plausoble deniability
  Nope. I saw it live on TV and there was absolutely zero confusion of what it was.
  Anyone who thinks differently is dumb as hell.
  It was a nazi salute.

If he really didn't want people to share a picture of him heil-ing, then he could always, oh, i dunno, STOP FUCKING HEIL-ING you stupid fucking twat

Well this was the tiny little push I needed to make an account lol
- Make yourself at home
- Welcome!
- I joined for the same reasons. The oligarchs can’t easily censor here as they have on reddit.
- Welcome. If you have any questions, most of us are more than willing to help :)
- Ahoy

What's wrong? Just own it already.
- Because a nazi Sieg Heil is seen as a bad thing by 90% of the world and if he came out and admitted it was one he would probably lose a few supporters from being on his side (probably not a big amount but some)
  
  Idk dude the world has a lot of assholes maybe more like 80% eh?

He doesn't want it removed. He wants to target those using it against him. Nazis using it to praise him are not in the crossfires now.
- More examples of literal nazis praising trump and musk needed to be shoved into to the general publics face to combat this. Ive only heard some nobodies on internet mention it.

He wanted to do it to please the Magats but not take any responsibility or have it used against him later.

Reddit caved to facism. Another coward CEO takes it up the ass from a south African immigrant.
- havnt we forgotten that reddit caved in his first term too, trumps first term the gop complained about subs and forums with "illegal acitivities" and threatened legislations, reddit took those down quick.

Time to introduce him to the Streisand effect

I’m more shocked that Reddit didn’t comply.
- They will, just not while it's current.
- Too blatant. Shows there's still a line that even business people have trouble crossing
  
  But it's not a moral thing, only a 'cattle would leave us' thing.
- That costs more money.

A Handy visual reference guide to spread around.
- Oh god it's like a fucking mirror. Vile.

Fuck his Nazi ass. Let him stew

because it didn't work.
the whole idea was to trigger the libs with a vague gesture, like that one bitch who turned it into an awkward wave, but he got a little too into it and now people are setting his cars on fire.
- I think it's more that he got a bit too excited about the way the far right can get away with absolutely anything. The media will make excuses for you, the fan base will love it, the more outrageous it is the more it makes libs cry. The democrats will impotently voice objections, the Overton window will move as required, and you will have gotten away with it. I think he wanted to be the star of that whole circus.
- I'm pretty sure he trained himself in front of a mirror to do it
- Vague gesture? It was a full on nazi salute.
  Why are you saying this? Just call it what it is for fucks sake.
  Are you afraid or something?
  
  The above commenter is saying that Elon likely tried to be vague about what he was doing, but failed at subtlety and made an obvious Nazi salute.
  
  You can try reading that comment again. Or maybe you replied to the wrong comment, because it doesn't say anything remotely similar to what you are complaining about.

I'm sure the main concern is the protests that are taking place all over the world against one of his companies

Actions do have consequences. Trying to erase posts and people calling you out for what you did and explaining why those actions are bad does not make those things that you did go away and is honestly a bad look. If you don't want people on social media calling you a Nazi, there's a really easy solution for that - don't do Nazi salutes on live TV, don't make Nazi puns instead of apologizing, and don't keep regurgitating anti-semetic conspiracy theories like the "great replacement" conspiracy theory.
- These guys love to play the big badass no feeling guy then 3 min later start to play victim and beg for attention. Thanks for callling them out
  
  he conveniently has the human shield around, XAE2E, something when the criticism gets too much.

Awweee poor baby... I thought he loved free speech.
- He loves free speech so much he wants it all to himself.
  
  Freeze peach for me, not for thee

Is there confirmation that he actually specifically wanted that image off reddit? Or is this just someone making assumptions after the recent story about him interfering with moderation at reddit?
- The latter. There's no news about blocking his sieg heil, just articles about the doge critique and banning linking to X.
  
  I'm a little out of the loop on how reddit's been. Is blocking links to X officially no longer allowed there?

My heart goes out to him 🤣

I thought we were all about deporting immigrants and their children?
- So true we just want to deport minorities, jail political opponents, silence the media and abolish democratic structures
  Libs just call everything nazi nowadays
  
  They’re heeeereeee

He wants to show power. Like he can do as he pleases and have anything he does not approve of removed.
- Power has to be the only driver for someone who already has hundreds of billions of dollars. If I had just one billion you’d never hear from me again, ever. Literally on an island or traveling the world. Bye, Felecia!
  
  People really, really don't understand just how much 1 billion dollars is. Like we are hearing about Elon Musk's net worth crashing as if he will somehow be homeless or lose everything. He won't.
  If you had a billion dollars, and you gave away 95% of it, you will still have 50 million dollars to your name, which is still more than you can possibly spend (unless you live like some ultra millionaire lifestyle and throw parties that cost a million bucks each and have a giant mansion with insane upkeep).

well you see the ketamine told him to

Not going anywhere. I will buy a domain to just post these pictures. Once in Internet, it will outlive u

He wants to be talked about online and in the media. Same reason he did it in the first place.

A cybertruck ate the dingo that ate my baby! This is me spreading hate against Tesla. I’m a terrorist. Fear me!

This is FAKE NEWS! It WASNT a Nazi Salute so Musk DOESNT want it Banned!

Imagine the leverage you'd need to have to make "the richest person in the world" do a Hitler salute on live TV. Sure, people who tolerate, much less support, Nazi stuff "are Nazis too" but I'm willing to believe that he might not have actual genocidal / thinking races are subhuman / etc beliefs and if he does, it happened recently - way after he became compromised.
To a certain extent, "bad" people succeed in capitalism and become powerful because of inherent personality traits, and a combination of lack of consequences and privilege creating lack of empathy. But to a much greater extent, I think power is handed to people once enough blackmail material is gathered
The pedophilia shit is not a coincidence.
- His pro-natalist views are literally eugenics.
  
  Reproducing is a way to gain power. On paper, saying smart people need to reproduce is a good goal, but we all know that the zip code of a child is a stronger indicator of their success than many other factors. But yeah if you start saying "only x race should reproduce because x race is smarter" then that's bad. Republicans are anti abortion and contraception so that they can increase power, too. Having more uneducated people keeps them in power.
  Its all about power. Making people racist and abusing that racism for their own is benefit is all part of the distraction. Racism is bad especially when it causes divide and conquer. But I also think we should focus on how those things are tools, and look for ways to prevent the goals that those tools enable.
- but I'm willing to believe that he might not have actual genocidal / thinking races are subhuman / etc beliefs and if he does, it happened recently - way after he became compromised.
  His lineage is literally the Nazi party, he's been indoctrinated from birth with that shit, not recently
  But to a much greater extent, I think power is handed to people once enough blackmail material is gathered
  He was born rich and lucked his way to more riches, simple as. Turns out rich idiots just do bad things, so it's easy to find out that they've done so. Quite literally a requirement in capitalism to be a monster if you want to "win"
  
  I've been able to find stuff about his mom's dad being pro apartheid which is obviously bad but is not "literally the Nazis". And that his dad claims to say apartheid is bad but said some sus stuff over the years.
  Even if he didn't do the work himself and sounded like a complete idiot in that leaked Twitter meeting, he did objectively advance society. I think the world is better off with things like Tesla Amazon Uber and DoorDash. Musk outlived his usefulness long ago though and is a net negative now to the point of almost undoing all the good he may had had a hand in creating. Society can survive this level of capitalism if it prevented generational wealth. The incompetency compounds and the inevitable conclusion has finally revealed itself.
- Elon and Trump are fucking cowards.
  They stand no chance when some actually bad people turn up.
  
  Remember when we said that about Bush? This perspective leads to inaction which will allow us to continue down this path. They are actually bad. Have better standards.
- It’s about to get rough for South Africa. Peep the new ambassador.

Ignore him, it's the best you can do to let him disappear
- Fascism can't be ignored, that's how they get power. That's how Trump became president.
  
  No, Trump became president because the media reported about him every day. Bad news are good news. He could have been ignored and there would have been a different president.
  Once in power though, better not ignore it. But who wants to see that it is not Trump who is organizing the fascism?
- We are past the point where this shithead can be ignored. He's in too much of a powerful position for that to work
- I was saying that too before he bought the election. But then he bought the election.