Staffers on the Division of Housing and Urban Development arrived at work Monday to an AI-rendered video of President Donald Trump aggressively licking Elon Musk’s ft enjoying nonstop on each tv all through the constructing.
The video performed on a loop for round 5 minutes whereas staff frantically unplugged the TVs.
HUD spokesperson Kasey Lovett confirmed the clip did play at HUD in an e mail to HuffPost and referred to as it “one other waste of taxpayer {dollars} and assets.” Lovett additionally pledged that “acceptable motion can be taken for all concerned.”
Whereas HUD eliminated the video instantly, copies of the clip obtained by impartial reporter Marisa Kabas went viral on BlueSky, as did other videos filmed elsewhere within the constructing.
The roughly 5-second clip reveals Trump rubbing Musk’s ft and sucking on the multibillionaire’s toes whereas Musk smiles approvingly within the background.
In an indication that synthetic intelligence perhaps isn’t fairly as superior as Silicon Valley would lead you to consider, Musk has two left ft.
A textual content overlay in all caps reads, “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING.”
The textual content is a callback to Trump having declared himself a monarch final week, going as far as to share an illustration of himself sporting a crown:
Trump and Musk’s haphazard mass firings at federal companies have induced chaos throughout the nation.
Documents shared with NPR show the Musk-led “Division of Authorities Effectivity” plans to put off almost half of HUD’s employees, and 84% of the employees at HUD’s Workplace of Group Planning and Growth.
Amongst different issues, the workplace disburses greater than $3.6 billion in rental help and funds for psychological well being and substance abuse therapy aimed toward lowering homelessness.
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Since its inception, DOGE has also accidentally fired scientists making an attempt to forestall a nationwide outbreak of chicken flu, navy veterans who run a nationwide disaster line, and the individuals answerable for managing the nation’s nuclear weapons.
