The Claim:

https://x.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/1885012231038828780

https://x.com/AP/status/1885021291624755683

https://x.com/BowTiedRanger/status/1886096861678698550

The Debunk:

https://x.com/KyleKulinski/status/1884987093782282422 (FAA quit, musk wanted him out, but no direct evidence)

https://www.thedailybeast.com/faa-chief-michael-whitaker-quit-on-jan-20-after-elon-musk-told-him-to-resign/

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/01/31/musk-faa-director/

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-freeze-hiring-air-traffic-controllers-washington-crash-2023348 (freezing of depts and hiring)

https://x.com/AP/status/1885068582305845543 (staffing not normal, 1 controller running 2 positions)

https://x.com/Shayan86/status/1885349956015321464 (Jo Ellis, not the pilot, because she's trans)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyeg61pnl5o (disability hires)

Other Resources:

https://youtu.be/UHU989JOyuk?si=Pio6T_Bk1au0dDjY

https://youtu.be/maJuj9ubpf4?si=qzpnHfi9dtqX5hhl

https://youtu.be/o3e8aNyp73Y?si=EOMvgJI3PF5pjvOq

https://youtu.be/b0UcrqLCAC4?si=cQWFW0RL_3ws-rof

https://youtu.be/BZjRrpuZDAI?si=khbap4Szch-YpxSC

https://youtu.be/AwM7fmm_owg?si=ReKZiNAmvtVjbWTb

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/14/business/faa-short-on-air-traffic-controllers/index.html (faa still short 300o people)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/30/airspace-safety-at-reagan-washington-airport-long-been-a-concern/78039475007/ (Reagan airport due to elected people wanting direct flights)

https://www.wvtm13.com/article/dc-plane-helicopter-crash-victims/63623529 (victims)

https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faqs-midair-collision-reagan-washington-national-airport

https://www.flyingmag.com/news/atc-communications-between-jet-army-black-hawk-face-scrutiny-in-d-c-midair/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/01/30/dc-plane-crash-video-flight-path-helicopter/78049992007/

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-5281166/dca-crash-helicopter-air-traffic-controller-radio

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The claim:

https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-black-pilots-racism-accusations-1863546

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/jesse-watters-uses-photo-of-female-la-firefighters-to-make-bizarre-criticism-about-fire-department-sure-hope-they-know-what-they-re-doing/ar-BB1ravxS

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-and-wasteful-government-dei-programs-and-preferencing/

Debunk:

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/applying/articles/how-does-affirmative-action-affect-college-admissions

https://hr.uoregon.edu/affirmative-action-myths-and-realities

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78wn5qg3nyo

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/23/trump-dei-snitches-government

https://abcnews.go.com/US/dei-programs/story?id=97004455

Other resources:

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/13th-amendment

https://a816-dohbesp.nyc.gov/IndicatorPublic/data-stories/redlining/j

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/japanese-american-incarceration

https://time.com/7209960/companies-rolling-back-dei/

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Post uploaded edit: I found the Harris clip showing she didn't make the same salute as Musk did and as the screen cap suggests: https://x.com/tify330/status/1881512417387040998

Another user found even more clips disproving that other democrats did this: https://x.com/ExposingNV/status/1881647306724049116

Claims:

https://x.com/AdamNutter/status/1881505279139057724

https://x.com/AstorAaron/status/1881467415646920733

https://x.com/delinthecity_/status/1881468832411521194

Debunk:

https://x.com/KahliefAdams/status/1881432971976339916

The N*zis think it's a N*zi salute: https://x.com/TheRoyalSerf/status/1881445349690392704

https://www.fox10tv.com/video/2025/01/20/elon-musk-appears-give-nazi-style-salute-capital-one-arena-rally/

News being coy:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/elon-musk-hand-gesture-speech.html

https://www.live5news.com/2025/01/20/elon-musk-appears-give-awkward-salute-during-speech-after-inauguration-twice/

Things that got less coverage because of it:

https://apnews.com/article/trump-paris-agreement-climate-change-788907bb89fe307a964be757313cdfb0

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-pardons-nearly-all-jan-6-defendants-inauguration-day

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c391j738rm3o

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