Elon Musk, the tech billionaire who infamously gave a salute at US president Donald Trump many considered to be a Nazi salute (which he denied), has now falsely claimed Adolf Hitler was a “far left socialist”. Yes, really. Responding to a X/Twitter account on Saturday (24 January), the former Trump aide said: “Hitler was a far left socialist. His party was called the national socialists [sic].” Formally known as the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, the Holocaust Encyclopedia notes the Nazi Party was a “far-right racist and antisemitic political party” which “sought to woo German workers away from socialism and...