David Bridges
October has already been stuffed with surprises this election cycle. However when Elon Musk introduced he would be a part of Donald Trump on stage Saturday at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, nobody anticipated the billionaire would leap into the meme historical past books.
Musk strutted on the stage with Trump whereas sporting black cowboy boots, a Texan-style belt buckle, an Occupy Mars T-Shirt, a black blazer, and a black MAGA hat. He was there to place juice behind his endorsement of Trump. “As you’ll be able to see I’m not simply MAGA—I’m Darkish MAGA,” Musk mentioned whereas whipping up the gang.
The Tesla CEO roamed the stage behind Trump and tried to work the gang like an expert hypeman whereas the previous President gave a speech. Then, Musk leapt into the air, a serene smile on his face. AFP photographer Jim Watson snapped an image at simply the proper second to seize the entire scene. The blurred crowd, Musk seeming to drift within the air, and Trump half turned in direction of his fellow billionaire with a sneer on his face.
It was the stuff meme goals are manufactured from.
#DorkMAGA #DorkElon pic.twitter.com/1m9AsWgnxb
— Barf 🇺🇦🇨🇦 (@PutlersPiss) October 6, 2024
Watson additionally captured the second Trump and Musk shook fingers. It’s an odd image that reveals Trump towering over Musk, who’s reaching upward along with his eyes nearly rolled into the again of his head and a bit grin twitching on his face. He appears to be like like Grima Wormtongue pledging fealty to a liege-lord he plans to betray.
the emperor: heaven has abandoned me! The harvest is poor and the individuals are in revolt all throughout the empire! All I’ve to depend on is you, my reliable chief eunuch
the chief eunuch: pic.twitter.com/HJa4iZatLK
— yoshimi the nice soldier (@nise_yoshimi) October 6, 2024
On X, the positioning Musk bought for 44 billion and is now value significantly much less, “DorkMaga” trended as customers posted photoshopped Musk into embarrassing photos and memes utilizing Watson’s photographs.
The darkest, and most viral, was an image of Musk leaping from the Twin Towers on 9/11. “Think about shopping for a web site so individuals will suppose you’re cool and two years later individuals photoshop you leaping out of a window on 9/11,” Ela Bambust said in a post on X above the picture.
is that this something https://t.co/zF8kthiQlq pic.twitter.com/HhXRyVXqqQ
— Clarke (@pleasuresystems) October 6, 2024
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