Hackers breached monitors at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development this morning to broadcast a strange AI-generated video.
The disgusting video showed President Trump kissing Elon Musk’s feet and licking his toes, with the words “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING” displayed over the clip.
The 19-second-long clip ran on a loop until people finally unplugged the hacked TVs.
See for yourself:
🚨 JUST IN: The screens were hacked at the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development today.
They say: "LONG LIVE THE REAL KING."
They show, um, Trump doing something to Elon.pic.twitter.com/wLWGoPNkQz
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 24, 2025
Hackers hijacked the TV screens at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development this morning, displaying an AI-generated video of Donald Trump kissing Elon Musk’s feet.
The footage ran with the bold caption: "Long live the real king." pic.twitter.com/iXiFtjSu0k
— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) February 24, 2025
The New York Post reported:
Cyberpunks breached a television at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Monday morning, broadcasting a stomach-turning AI video of President Trump caressing and kissing the feet of billionaire Elon Musk.
The sickening sight, which was first reported by Vox journalist Rachel Cohen, was played on a TV in a cafeteria at the agency’s headquarters while blaring the message: “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING.”
Congressional Democrats, lefty pundits and other critics have taken to calling the tech mogul “President Musk,” in a seeming effort to irk Trump and highlight the Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s level of influence in administrative decision-making.
“Not all heroes wear capes,” Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee cheered on X in response to the video.
HUD officials called the stunt “another waste of taxpayer dollars and resources,” vowing that “appropriate action will be taken for all involved.”
From Independent:
Federal staffers at the Department of Housing and Urban Development were greeted by a fake AI video depicting President Donald Trump kissing Elon Musk’s feet when they came into work Monday morning.
Hackers rolled out the 19-second video throughout HUD’s building on the day that federal workers were ordered to return to the office following an executive order bringing an end to working from home.
Captioned “Long live the real king,” the footage depicted the president enthusiastically kissing the feet of the billionaire “first buddy,” who is leading the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s purge of the federal government.
Management officials at the HUD were not impressed by the stunt.
ADVERTISEMENT“Another waste of taxpayer dollars and resources,” HUD spokesperson Kasey Lovett said in a statement to The Independent. “Appropriate action will be taken for all involved.”
The video played on a loop for five minutes on screens in the building, including in the cafeteria, according to journalist Maria Kabas.
“Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs,” Kabas said, quoting an anonymous agency source.
So, let me get this straight: someone or some group of disgruntled workers thought that the best way to protest was displaying a sick, twisted video on government screens?
That says a whole lot more about the perturbed individual(s) behind this than it does about President Trump or Elon Musk…
I can’t be the only one thinking that.
That should be easy to find and charge and prosecute! Filthy hateful minds that did this show how sick they really are.
— Sherri (@SherriVermaat) February 24, 2025
This comment made me crack up:
Adam Schiff demanded a personal copy to review in his office.
— FREEDOM2025Jams@buildamericaup (@Jamsbuildameri1) February 24, 2025
And, here’s another thing to think about: Doesn’t this just prove Elon Musk’s point about the need to purge unproductive government employees?
So, instead of just replying to the email request they spent last week creating AI video and programming the tv system to play it 🤦♀️ Fire them all!
— Paula Knight 🇺🇸 (@FLKnight72) February 24, 2025
Wait… this is why they can’t send a simple email? Busy making fan fiction?
— Jason “Storm” Nelson (@RealJasonNelson) February 24, 2025
These are the dirtbags intrenched deep in our government. This is why @POTUS and @elonmusk are cleaning house. These people are the most disgusting vile deranged slugs you will ever find slinking inside our government. Fire more of these dirty bastards please!!!
— Tisha Areo Maris (@TishaAreoLadle) February 24, 2025
This is exactly why President Trump and Elon Musk are cleaning house, and these people have just made themselves the next target.
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