'Hitler Was a Left-Wing Socialist': Elon Musk Labeled a 'Moron' Over Egregious Historical Claim

Fuente: International Business Times

Elon Musk is labelled a moron after claiming on social media that Adolf Hitler was a left-wing socialist SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk was publicly branded a 'moron' on Sunday, 9 August 2026, after writing on his social media platform X that 'Hitler was a left-wing socialist. ' The controversial assertion sparked immediate backlash across social media as commentators and users accused the billionaire of promoting what they described as a historical falsehood. The latest online firestorm erupted after Musk quote-tweeted a post from an X user named Alice Smith, who had written that Hitler was a leftist due to his reliance on identity politics, collectivism and statism.