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The fact that he is openly a nazi-supporting white supremist is the only reason I say I'm not confident it was an accident.
But again, my whole second paragraph: Why does it matter if it was a roman salute or not? Why do we need to point to this specifically? We knew he was a Nazi before this and had clearer proof to point to then, and since then, he has not changed at all and continues to provide clearer proof. If doing a iffy, off-angle roman salute is what worries you and not the racism, sexism, homophobia, misinformation, lack of respect for human rights or justice, ect. then I think you're misunderstanding why Nazis are bad.
There are people who realised musk is awful many years ago, and there are people who will keep cheering even if there are tesla branded concentration camps, and people all along the gradient between.
The reason it's useful to call out the apparent nazi salute is that some additional people might now notice that perhaps that musk guy isn't great. They didn't notice the twitter stuff, or the trump support or all the other things, but this is pretty obvious.
The idea that we should just go "well, we already knew he was a nazi supporter, no need to comment when he does an apparent nazi salute on the inauguration of the president he bought" is pretty silly
The reason it matters is because if you use faulty evidence (or in this case, questionable evidence) to try and sway someone, it just makes you look untrustworthy as Elon claims everyone who criticizes him is, and risks entrenching them against you. If you're making statements with complete certainty, you need to have near-unassailable evidence.
The point isn't to ignore it. The point is be honest to the truth, including any uncertainty. Jumping to conclusions or acting like you're certain when you're not only serves to weaken your position. If you're trying to prove Elon is a Nazi, you should point to all the statements in support of Nazi ideology and his complete refusal to condem it even when relevant, rather than something that could just be regular stupidity.