--- title: "Grok Calls Out Elon Musk for Chumming Around With an Actual Nazi" description: "Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok just called him out for palling around with a Nazi on X, the site he bought when it was called Twitter." date: "2026-11-09" modified: "2026-11-09" authors: - name: "Frank Landymore" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore.md" url: "https://futurism.com/future-society/grok-calls-out-elon-musk-for-chumming-around-with-an-actual-nazi" categories: - "Future Society" --- # Grok Calls Out Elon Musk for Chumming Around With an Actual Nazi ![A photo illustration of Elon Musk saluting.]() *ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images / Futurism* A week after a humiliating midterms, Elon Musk is back to his old habits: flirting with Nazism. Perhaps Musk really didn't intend to perform back-to-back salutes that [suspiciously looked a lot like a Sieg Hiel]() at a Trump inauguration party nearly two years ago, but you have to admit that he has quite the track record when it comes to espousing white supremacist conspiracy theories and interacting with people who wouldn't hesitate to describe themselves as outright Nazis. This time, his racist run-in was even called out by his own chatbot, Grok. On Sunday night, Musk [responded]() to a supremacist meme posted by an account called @VladTheInflator railing against "white guilt" by downplaying the Atlantic slave trade in a way reminiscent of Holocaust denialism, while also perpetrating racist myths about slavery in Africa. Musk tagged Grok to ask if the meme's claims were true, which the AI assessed to be "mostly accurate." This questionable interaction didn't get overlooked by other users on the site, though, one of whom turned Grok back on its creator by asking the "maximum truth-seeking" AI to confirm if Musk was replying to a Nazi account. "Yes," Grok [responded](), seemingly atoning for all the times it called itself "MechaHitler." "VladTheInflator has posted that being called a Nazi 'feels like a compliment,' that 'Nazis are sounding better by the day,' and that 'Everything Hitler said about Zionists was true,' plus explicit racial hierarchy claims." Grok explained in a helpful [followup]() that Musk and the Nazi account go back. "Elon has replied to and retweeted VladTheInflator multiple times before this," it said. It's not just that one account, either. Musk has an extensive history with [promoting racist talking points]() and endorsing those posted by other far right figures, including a debunked conspiracy theory about "white genocide" in his homeland of South Africa. His Grok-edited Wikipedia alternative, Grokipedia, has been caught citing actual neo-Nazi forums as sources of information. He also hosted an article writing contest on X and[ awarded the first place prize]() to a user who described himself as, and we quote, a "Nazi." He even appeared at a rally of the German far-right party, AfD, telling the country that it needs to [get over its guilt for the Holocaust](). **More on Elon Musk:** [*The Death of the Cybertruck Proves That Elon Musk Can’t Actually Predict the Future*]() ## Author At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled. ### Author social links [Bluesky]() ## More - [The Trump Administration Reportedly Has Extensive Logs of Epstein Money Transfers, Refuses to Release Them]() - [Calm Down About the Area 51 Fire, People]() - [We Just Got a Major Clue About Why Twitter’s CEO Suddenly Left This Week]() - [Elon Musk Says He Is So Sorry for His Horrible Behavior]() - [United Airlines Shuts Down Starlink WiFi Service on Its Planes After the Antennae Caused Problems With Its Jets’ Equipment]() - [Hawk Tuah Girl Admits She Knew Essentially Zero About Crypto When Her Disastrous Meme Coin Launched]() - [Elon Musk Is Doing Business With Actual Terrorists, Nonprofit Finds]() - [Furious Former Twitter Advertisers Tell Elon Musk They’ve Had Enough of His Tantrums]()