I was just kidding, for the most part. I was kidding, largely.” Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gives what appears to be a Nazi salute at an event on the day of Trump’s inauguration (Getty Images) “Steve Bannon is a Roman Catholic Irishman

But in the latest episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, Musk spoke about the 'salute' among a range of other topics in a three-hour chat. Musk has now insisted that his alleged 'Nazi salute' was actually 'meant in the most positive spirit possible'.

During an interview with Joe Rogan, Elon Musk addressed accusations that he made a Nazi gesture, and said that online attacks have stressed him out.

Elon Musk addressed the public backlash he received after displaying a Nazi-like hand gesture at an inaugural celebration for President Donald Trump, defending himself by saying he is not a Nazi — while also making Nazi jokes.

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In the interview, Musk and Rogan touched on a number of hot topics, including DOGE, AI, and Musk's alleged Nazi salute.

“I did not see it coming,” the tech billionaire joked of the response to his gesture in the oft-off-putting way of his, in this case putting “not” and “see” together to sound like “Nazi.” Musk said that “people will ‘Goebbels’ anything down,” referring to German Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels.