A veteran Telsa manager in the US said he was fired after complaining about jokes made by chief executive Elon Musk that referred to Nazi leaders. Jared Ottoman, an engineer who worked with Tesla’s battery suppliers,

The gesture comes as Trump and his allies have prompted growing alarm among critics about their embrace of authoritarian messaging and symbols.

Steve Bannon has been accused of making a Nazi salute at a conservative gathering where President Donald Trump is slated to speak this weekend but says the gesture was merely “a wave.”

AFP via Getty Images Musk had quipped about what pronouns Himmler, the psychotic head of the feared Gestapo would use ... that many claimed was a Nazi salute, an accusation he brushed off.