Disclaimer: this entire subject is so meaningless, I half hate that I'm writing about it because we should really be focusing on the neofeudalists / tech-feudalists who are further corrupting an already dysfunctional government with a sinister agenda, not about if someone did or did not make a gesture with "enough" intent.

Why do you think the ADL didn't call it a nazi salute? What was different about Musk recently then, and what nation is he a vocal supporter of, much like the rest of the political party and president he's attached to?

I believe you'll find it more obvious that it's a case of selective bias to promote political causes they're attached to -- especially given that this is an organization that's called the "ok" hand gesture a nazi one, and generally calls anyone an antisemitic nazi if they so much as doubt if Israel is behaving justly.

Follow the money; follow the power.

I've seen enough actual full blown Nazis call it a nazi salute that anything else is meaningless. The point is that it empowered actual nazis to rise up. That's the worst part.

And the ADL hasn't exactly been "left leaning" for a while now.