Elon Musk Criticised For Likening Justin Trudeau To Adolf Hitler In Tweet

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- The Guardian, Feb. 17, 2022. - Auschwitz museum says using photo of dictator is exploitative and ‘disrespects memory of all victims.’-

Elon Musk has been criticised by the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum for comparing the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, to Adolf Hitler. The chief executive of Tesla tweeted a meme that showed a photo of Hitler with the words “Stop comparing me to Justin Trudeau” above the image and “I had a budget” below. The tweet was later deleted.

Musk’s use of Hitler’s image “disrespects the memory of all victims and hurts many people”, said the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum, which is on the site of the Nazi concentrate camp where 960,000 people were killed. “Using the image of Adolf Hitler & therefore exploiting the tragedy of all people who suffered, were humiliated, tortured & murdered by the totalitarian regime of Nazi Germany created by him is sad & disturbing,” the museum tweeted in reply to Musk. The American Jewish Committee said the billionaire’s tweet was unacceptable and demanded he apologise.

“Once again, Elon Musk has exercised extremely poor judgment by invoking Hitler to make a point on social media. He must stop this unacceptable behaviour,” it said. “Musk may believe posting a meme comparing Justin Trudeau to a genocidal dictator who exterminated millions is an appropriate way to criticise policies he disagrees with. It is not. It never is. Musk must apologise and find other ways to voice his displeasure.” Musk did not respond to the AJC or the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum, but posted another tweet that suggested his Twitter followers read a book about the economic history of Nazi Germany for “an in-depth explanation”.

The world’s wealthiest person, with a $236bn (£173bn) fortune, made the original post in response to reports that Canadian authorities had ordered banks to block cryptocurrency donations to anti-vaccine protesters. Musk has frequently spoken out in favour of the Canadian trucker protests against Covid-19 mandates. Last month he posted a photo of the long line of trucks and tweeted: “Canadian truckers rule”. In another post he said: “If Canadian government is suppressing peaceful protests, that’s where fascism lies.” The Tesla boss also accused the US financial regulator on Thursday of targeting him with a “harassment campaign”, which he said was designed to “chill” his criticism of the US government...

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[PortTack]

1. I just can't stomach that guy!

[appalachiablue]

3. He's something alright. Justin The Fascist! ?!#@

[bucolic_frolic]

2. The man is pathologically ill.

[HUAJIAO]

4. About 8-9 years ago a good friend of mine, about 57 years old now,

and a brilliant, nationally respected aerospace engineer who works for Boeing,, was offered a job by Musk. He turned him down cold. Told me he was an abusive asshole who often treats his employees like shit.

[JohnSJ]

5. Obviously he hasn't changed

[LoisB]

6. Were people like Musk always assholes or did they develop assholery when they became

disgustingly rich?