As Elon Musk continues to face criticism for appearing to make a Nazi salute during Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, Stephen Colbert is weighing in, agreeing that the gesture “looked like what it was.”
As Colbert teed up the footage during his monologue on Tuesday night, the “Late Show” crowd immediately began booing, prompting the host to chuckle and note that it seemed they’d seen the footage already. Nonetheless, Colbert played the clip of Musk saluting the crowd by putting his right hand to his chest and then forcefully extending his arm straight out, palm down, fingers straight.
“Wow, that sure looked like what it was,” Colbert quipped.