The Musk apologists are arguing this was a Roman salute and was delivered in the context of "my heart goes out to all of you".
I would counter he is a literal Nazi who is pushing the limits of signalling that with a figleaf of deniability for the needy followers to clutch on.
He isn't fooling me but the real question is - is it fooling any of you?
@adwright It's the simpler explanation.
All these people saying Elon is not trolling end up rolling out these bizarre conspiracy theories... when It's so much simpler just to say maybe the troll is trolling?