Just when we thought it couldn't get any worse it did - Elon Musk does the Nazi salute. Trump pardons January 6 Capitol building rioters, begins mass deportations, repeals Civil Rights-era legislation, and calls for focus on execution of imprisoned illegal migrants.

Key words: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Nazi salute, mass deportations, Great Replacement conspiracy theory

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The Guardian (2025), ‘The gesture speaks for itself’: Germans respond to Musk’s apparent Nazi salute: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/21/the-gesture-speaks-for-itself-germans-divided-over-musks-apparent-nazi-salute

The Rolling Stone (2024), Elon Musk all but endorses Great Replacement conspiracy theory:https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-great-replacement-conspiracy-theory-1234941337/

The NewYorker (2024), J. D. Vance and the Right’s Call to Have More Babies: https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/j-d-vance-and-the-rights-call-to-have-more-babies

Al Jazeera (2025), The January 6 pardons: Who has Trump ordered to be released?: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/23/the-january-6-pardons-who-has-trump-ordered-to-be-released

Yes We Are Native (___), You never gave a straight answer, yes or no are Mexicans native American Indians: https://www.wernative.org/ayr-questions/yes-or-no-are-mexicans-native-american-indians

Truthout (2017), Are Mexicans Indigenous?: https://truthout.org/articles/are-mexicans-indigenous/

The Brookings Institution (2019), Trump and racism: What do the data say?: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/trump-and-racism-what-do-the-data-say/

NBC News (2024), Elon Musk's transgender daughter, in first interview, says he berated her for being queer as a child:https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/elon-musk-transgender-daughter-vivian-wilson-interview-rcna163665

The Guardian (2017), How Trump’s political playbook evolved since he first ran for president in 2000: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/05/donald-trump-reform-party-2000-president