Students hang Musk puppet upside down in Mussolini square

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Left-wing Italian university students on Tuesday hung a mannequin of Elon Musk upside down in Piazzale Loreto, the Milan square where Benito Mussolini’s body was similarly desecrated in 1945.

Elon Musk and his effigy in Milan. (Photo: ANSA)

The stunt comes amid a row over an alleged Fascist salute the world’s richest man made at the inauguration of President Donald Trump Monday.

The Tesla, X and SpaceX boss, set to co-run a new government efficiency department for Trump, made two stiff-armed salutes at the Capitol Arena after Trump’s inaugural address.

Responding to a storm of criticism of the two gestures, Musk said, “Frankly, they need better dirty tricks. The “everyone is Hitler” attack is sooo tired.”

After stringing the mannequin upside down in the infamous Milanese square, the student collective ‘Cambiare rotta’ (Change Course) said on social media, “There’s always room in Piazzale Loreto, Elon...”

The mannequin, made with a sack and with the face of the billionaire cut out and stuck on, was hung upside down on a gate in Piazzale Loreto.

ANSA

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