Dr. Philip Low, a former friend of Elon Musk who would seem to know him very well, says it was definitely a Nazi salute. But he offers a more nuanced explanation as to why.

Dr. Philip Low, a former friend of Elon Musk who would seem to know him very well, says it was definitely a Nazi salute. But he offers a more nuanced explanation as to why.
If nothing else positive comes out of his acquiring Twitter, it will at least have provided the public with an opportunity to see how obsessed Elon Musk is with race-related conspiracy theories. A surprising amount of it is just plain creepy.
Elon Musk Keeps Spreading a Very Specific Kind of Racism (Mother Jones)