BERLIN: Democratic activists in Germany said Thursday they had projected an image of Elon Musk‘s renowned raised-arm respect and the phrase” Heil” onto the outside of his Tesla grow.
The movement made by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Musk on Monday, the day of US President Donald Trump’s opening, drew similarities to the Nazi respect, a state Musk has rejected.
Campaigners from the European group the facility for political beauty and American activists led by donkeys shared pictures and images online of the opposition actions they said they had staged late Wednesday.
The term “heil” is seen projected onto the stock near Berlin in the style of the company’s logo, to charm the information” Heil Tesla”, a guide to the Nazi greeting that honoured Adolf Hitler.
Philipp Ruch, chairman of the facility for democratic beauty, said in responses to AFP that Musk had given” a Hitler respect, just like American neo-Nazis have been practising for years”.
Musk has rejected as “dirty techniques” and “propaganda” any similarities between the Nazi respect and his sign, which he repeated and accompanied with the words “my spirit goes out to you” to the market.
Musk has already drawn criticism in Germany for his vocal support for the far-right Alternative for Germany ( AfD ) party and repeatedly insulting German political leaders on his X social media platform.
With Germany in the midst of an election plan, Musk has described the AfD as the “last ray of hope for the state”. He even hosted a conversation with AfD leading participant Alice Weidel on X.
The anti-immigration party is polling in second position ahead of the February 23 vote, at around 20 per cent.
But it is unlikely to provide federal because different factions have ruled out participation with the AfD, elements of which are treated by private intelligence as far-right radical companies.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz, asked about Musk on Tuesday, said that Germany guarantees free speech but stressed that “what we do not accept is if this is supporting extreme right positions”.
The Tesla factory in Germany has been targeted by protestors in the past on environmental grounds.
In November, police cleared a protest camp in woods near the plant, where activists sought to block the site’s planned extension.
In March, a far-left group had claimed responsiblity for sabotaging power lines which supply the plant.
