Errol Muskfather of the mega millionaire Elon Muskrevealed during an interview that his in-laws were Nazi sympathizers and? They admired apartheid South Africa. Although his words they date back a whileemerged in recent days due to the controversial gesture that the owner of X made during a speech delivered after the investiture ceremony of donald trump in it Capitol.
This gesture that replicates the typical Nazi salutegenerated the indignation of many people who expressed his opposition and rejection of what was stated by the South African businessman. From there, the interview that had been conducted on November 14, 2024, goes viral, where Errol confesses the Elon’s maternal grandparents’ sympathy for Adolf Hitler.
It is about Joshua and Winnifred Haldemanthe parents of MayeErrol’s ex-wife and Elon Musk’s mother. That is, the magnate’s maternal grandparents, who were “very fanatical about apartheid”to the point that They decided to move to South Africa during the Afrikaner government, according to the father of the owner of tesla.
What Elon Musk’s father said
In the extract, Errol refers to Maye Musk’s parents and Elon Musk’s maternal grandparents: “His parents They were big fans of apartheid.. They came to South Africa from Canada because they sympathized with the Afrikaner government.
“They They used to support Hitler and all those moves. I don’t think they knew what the Nazis were doing, but in Canada They were in the Nazi Party, in the German party, and They sympathized with the Germans“explains Errol Musk.
He went on to comment on why Elon Musk’s maternal grandparents moved from Canada to South Africa: “So when the Afrikaners came to power in 1948, Maye’s father, who was quite an interesting man and a very good pilot, said that he wanted to be with the Afrikaners because he agreed with apartheid. And he came here with his family.”
The controversy over Elon Musk’s gesture
The arrival of Donald Trump to the government of USA It also marked the beginning of the tasks of magnate Elon Musk at the head of the “Department of Government Efficiency”portfolio created to reduce state expenses. During his first speech as a member of the Executive Branch, the owner of Tesla and X generated a strong controversy: He closed the act by raising his right arma gesture similar to the Nazi salute.
At the end of his presentation at the stadium Capital One Before 20,000 Trump supporters, Musk beat his chest and raised his right arm in the air as he thanked the Republican’s supporters for returning the president to office. White House.
Currently, for his strong links with Nazism and the crimes of the Holocaustthe greeting is prohibited in countries such as Germany and Austria, where its use can be punished with fines or even prison sentences. However, in some regions of the world, extremist and neo-Nazi groups continue to use it as a symbol of their ideology.
“Elections come and go, but these have been really important. AND I want to thank you for making it possible. Thanks to everyone, the future of civilization is assured,” said the magnate before hit your chest with your right arm and raise it up twice in a row.
Source: Ambito
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