Staffers at the Department of Housing and Urban Development arrived at work Monday to an AI-rendered video of President Donald Trump aggressively licking Elon Musk’s feet playing nonstop on every television throughout the building.
The video played on a loop for around five minutes while employees frantically unplugged the TVs.
HUD spokesperson Kasey Lovett confirmed the clip did play at HUD in an email to HuffPost and called it “another waste of taxpayer dollars and resources.” Lovett also pledged that “appropriate action will be taken for all involved.”
While HUD removed the video immediately, copies of the clip obtained by independent reporter Marisa Kabas went viral on BlueSky, as did other videos filmed elsewhere in the building.
The roughly 5-second clip shows Trump rubbing Musk’s feet and sucking on the multibillionaire’s toes while Musk smiles approvingly in the background.
In a sign that artificial intelligence maybe isn’t quite as advanced as Silicon Valley would lead you to believe, Musk has two left feet.
A text overlay in all caps reads, “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING.”
The text is a callback to Trump having declared himself a monarch last week, going so far as to share an illustration of himself wearing a crown:
Trump and Musk’s haphazard mass firings at federal agencies have caused chaos across the country.
Documents shared with NPR show the Musk-led “Department of Government Efficiency” plans to lay off nearly half of HUD’s staff, and 84% of the staff at HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development.
Among other things, the office disburses more than $3.6 billion in rental assistance and funds for mental health and substance abuse treatment aimed at decreasing homelessness.
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