Crossed arms and cross clubs as premature show of loyalty lingers

Morgan Rogers and Jhon Durán were both at it in December. Photograph: Tim Keeton/EPA

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

While he may be the wealthiest, most witless and thoroughly unpleasant person to have done so, Elon Musk isn’t the only high-profile individual to have raised eyebrows with a highly controversial and very public salute in the past six months. While the tragic billionaire tech bro used just one arm to give back-to-back fascist-like salutes in front of a gathering of Trump supporters at yesterday’s beginning-of-the-end-of-the-world inauguration in Washington, Jhon Durán famously crossed both of his on a live Social Media Disgrace feed last July in what he thought was a fun and harmless pledge of allegiance to his new club, West Ham.