Maye Musk, Elon Musk’s mother, took to social media to publicly urge her son to sue CNN over their coverage of a “Nazi salute” incident involving Elon. The controversy stemmed from a gesture Musk made at a Trump inauguration event, which some critics compared to a fascist salute. This sparked a broader media storm, which critics argued was intentionally stirred up.
The issue escalated during a CNN NewsNight segment when Catherine Rampell challenged Scott Jennings to perform the salute on air after he defended it, but he refused, undermining the defense.
Maye Musk, frustrated by the hate she received over the incident, asked her son on X (formerly Twitter) to take legal action against CNN.
In another related exchange, Elon Musk agreed with a suggestion from an X user to sue others involved in similar coverage, calling the “Nazi hoax” an ongoing issue.
