{"id":14682,"date":"2022-02-18T11:56:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T11:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/18\/elon-musk-criticised-for-tweet-comparing-canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-to-hitler\/"},"modified":"2022-02-18T11:56:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T11:56:09","slug":"elon-musk-criticised-for-tweet-comparing-canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-to-hitler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/18\/elon-musk-criticised-for-tweet-comparing-canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-to-hitler\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk criticised for tweet comparing Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau to Hitler"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A hot potato:<\/strong> Elon Musk is a lot of things: the world\u2019s richest person, CEO of several companies, self-proclaimed edge-lord. He lived up to that last description yesterday by posting a tweet that made a satirical comparison between Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau and Adolf Hitler, drawing criticism from the Jewish community. <\/p>\n

Musk was replying to a tweet from crypto news publication Coindesk about Trudeau ordering Canadian authorities not to interact with 34 different crypto addresses tied to the country\u2019s ongoing trucker protests.<\/p>\n

Those involved in the protests are objecting to a requirement that truckers be vaccinated against Covid-19 to cross the border. They have camped out at the Canadian capital and are blocking border crossings, leading to Trudeau using Canada\u2019s Emergencies Act to halt funding for the protestors.<\/p>\n

The Tesla boss posted a meme that showed the words \u201cStop comparing me to Justin Trudeau\u201d above an image of Adolf Hitler and \u201cI had a budget\u201d underneath.<\/p>\n

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Musk soon deleted the tweet, but not before it drew a response from the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum, located on the site of a former Nazi concentration camp. It called Musk\u2019s use of the image \u201csad and disturbing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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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. It disrespects the memory of all victims & hurts many people.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Time’s Person of the Year<\/a> for 2021 followed up with another tweet that suggested his followers read The Wages of Destruction, which details the economic history of Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n

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For an in-depth explanation, read https:\/\/t.co\/eEojD2dQ2k<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As noted by Gizmodo<\/a>, Musk moved from his birthplace of South Africa to Canada in 1988 at the age of 19 to avoid military service. He attended Queen\u2019s University in Ontario, transferring to the University of Pennsylvania just a couple of years later. The SpaceX CEO holds both Canadian and US citizenship.<\/p>\n

Musk is no stranger to controversy, of course. His tweet calling the rescuer of a soccer team in Thailand a \u201cpedo guy\u201d resulted in a lawsuit, which Musk won<\/a>, and he was a vocal critic of the pandemic lockdowns, referring to them as \u201cfascist<\/a>.\u201d There was also his tweet about taking Tesla private in 2019 that incurred the wrath of the SEC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n