Tesla's CEO shared a meme on Twitter that compared the Nazi leader to Canada's prime minister.
Tesla's CEO posted the meme as reply to a tweet from CoinDesk. The cryptocurrency news website's tweet contained a story about Trudeau using emergency orders to halt crypto funds being given to the Freedom Convoy trucker protesters who are blocking border crossings along Canada's border with the U.S.
Social media users immediately responded to Musk's tweet, with many claiming the world's richest man had gone too far. Some even called Musk racist for sharing a photo of Hitler with the text"Stop comparing me to Justin Trudeau…I had a budget."Newsweek"As we've said many times before, false comparisons of public leaders to Hitler are hurtful and offensive and only serve to trivialize the history of World War II and the Holocaust," Greenblatt wrote.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is facing controversy for a tweet comparing Canada's prime minster to Adolph Hilter. In this photo, Musk is seen arriving on the red carpet for the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 1, 2020, in Berlin.Musk has previously spoke out in support of the trucker protests. However, he also criticized people who mention Hitler and Nazis in political discourse as recently as January 30 on Twitter.
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