Elon Musk Deletes Tweet Comparing Justin Trudeau to Hitler – By Harper Lambert (The Wrap) / February 17, 2022
Musk took aim at the Canadian PM’s handling of truckers who are blockading roads in protest of COVID regulations
Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO and founder of Tesla, shared a meme on Wednesday that likened Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Adolf Hitler. The since-deleted tweet featured a photo of Hitler with the lines “Stop comparing me to Justin Trudeau … I had a budget.”
Imagine any other CEO of a public company tweeting this and everyone shrugging it off. pic.twitter.com/xJIQUWFT7a
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) February 17, 2022
The controversy comes in the midst of a crisis involving convoys of Canadian truck drivers who are blockading major roads (and therefore trade routes) in protest of the country’s strict vaccination and mask-wearing mandates. A coordinated effort of “Freedom Convoys” began organizing late last month in the nation’s capital of Ottawa, Ontario.
Earlier this week, Trudeau declared a national emergency in an attempt to end the protests, the first time that the 1988 Emergency Act has been invoked. The act permits the government to implement measures such as travel restrictions and bans on public assembly to restore public order.
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