Elon Musk has dragged pop star Taylor Swift in the ongoing controversy about his alleged Nazi salute at US President Donald Trump's inauguration.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Elon Musk is "being falsely smeared" after the tech billionaire was accused of giving two fascist salutes at Donald Trump 's "presidential parade" on Monday.

Multiple "subreddits" have banned links from Elon Musk's X platform after the tech mogul flashed a gesture that critics have said resembled a Nazi salute.

My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero had stronger words for what experts described as a Hitler-esque gesture: "f--k this guy."

Elon Musk offered Donald Trump supporters what looked a lot like a Nazi salute on live TV to cheers from the MAGA crowd Monday at Trump’s post-swearing-in inauguration rally in Washington, D.C.. As social media exploded with condemnation of what some were calling a “Sieg Heil,

Musk, who has faced scrutiny for his extremist beliefs, has suggested angry reactions to the gesture are part of a Democratic-led hoax.

University of Maryland PhD student and “anti-racist pedagogy” researcher Victoria Alexander, who two years ago made the ludicrous claim that professors in Texas could be jailed just for saying the word “racism,” ripped the Anti-Defamation League for criticizing anti-semitic college students’ “peaceful” keffiyeh-garbed protests, but not Musk:

But the latest hysteria came after billionaire Tesla founder and close Trump supporter Elon Musk gave a speech at the inaugural parade held at Capital One Arena following the swearing in ceremony. During the speech, while standing behind the presidential podium, Musk made an awkward gesture that the left quickly claimed was a Nazi salute.

On Wednesday, JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon, the very epitome of a respectable corporate leader, a pillar of what passes for the American establishment, praised Musk effusively: “The guy is our Einstein,” Dimon told CNBC. Einstein, we should note, was firmly anti-Nazi.

The Deutsches Museum removed an exhibit featuring Elon Musk amid the row over a gesture he made earlier this week, kened to a Nazi salute.

Podcaster Joe Rogan broke his silence on billionaire Elon Musk being accused of giving a Nazi salute during a rally for President Donald Trump after his inauguration.