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Elon Musk tweets, then deletes, Holocaust joke

After 12 hours, the Tesla CEO deleted the Holocaust joke.

Enlarge / After 12 hours, the Tesla CEO deleted the Holocaust joke. (credit: Twitter)

In the early hours of Thursday morning, Elon Musk tweeted a meme that compared Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with Adolf Hitler.

The tweet, replying to crypto coin enthusiasts, included a photo of Hitler with the phrase “stop comparing me to Justin Trudeau” and “I had a budget, ” a reference to the industrialized murder of millions of people by the German regime in extermination camps during the 1940s.

(credit: Twitter)

In the past, Musk has tweeted his support for the “freedom convoy” protests, a right-wing movement funded mostly from the particular US that has been causing civil unrest in neighboring Canada.

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