Did Elon Musk’s ‘Salute’ Cripple The Tesla Robotaxi?: The world has been abuzz over the salute done by Elon Musk at the inauguration. Was it a Nazi salute? Was it deliberate or inadvertent? Real or misinterpreted? A troll? Musk has said little that’s concrete. In the end though, when it comes to his brand—which is all about image—it doesn’t matter what he meant, only what people think it means.