Musk's response to the accusations has included the complaint that the "legacy media" is trying to cancel him.

An image of Elon Musk making a controversial salute during a speech on Monday was projected onto Tesla's Gigafactory in Berlin. The display featured Musk's gesture alongside the words "Heil Tesla." Newsweek reached out to Tesla's communications team for comment on Wednesday.

A local network parted ways with its meteorologist after she condemned Elon Musk for a "Nazi salute" and said with expletives she would not associate with his supporters.

The tech billionaire, who has been a fixture at Trump's side since the election, regularly clashes with the president's supporters.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday dismissed criticism from close ally Elon Musk about a $500 billion artificial intelligence project that Trump announced with great fanfare at the White House earlier this week.