The American Jewish Committee demanded an apology from Musk for comparing Trudeau to Hitler
Elon Musk. Photo: Mike Blake / Reuters
The American Jewish Committee demanded an immediate apology from businessman Elon Musk, who compared Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the Fuhrer of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler. Reuters writes about it.
It is clarified that earlier Musk posted a photo of Hitler on his Twitter account with the inscription: “Stop comparing me to Justin Trudeau. I had a budget.” It is assumed that in this way the billionaire wanted to support Canadian truckers and condemn the policies pursued by the Trudeau government. The message appeared in the account of the entrepreneur on February 16, shortly before midnight California time.
However, by noon on February 17, Musk deleted the tweet without explanation. The published meme caused a mixed reaction from users and sharp criticism from Jewish organizations, the agency notes. The Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry of Canada, Francois-Philippe Champagne, also reacted to Musk's tweet. He called the comparison “frankly shocking”. “Let me remind you what Canada and Canadians stand for. Canadians value stability, predictability, and respect for the rule of law. We will always uphold these values,” he wrote on his Twitter account.
The billionaire himself did not comment on the scandal, but wrote in his account: “Reasons to hate are remembered better than reasons to love.”
Earlier, Musk on his Twitter page reacted to the change of the head of Twitter with a famous photo with Joseph Stalin. He turned the famous picture into a meme, replacing two of the four people on it with images of the new and former heads of the social network.
On February 15, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was ready to take emergency measures to deal with protests against coronavirus restrictions that have gripped the country since the end of January. Later it became known that Canadian banks began to freeze the accounts of participants and sponsors of protests against coronavirus restrictions in Ottawa.
