Realistic looking fake picture of Musk looking into the camera and holding his hands high. In his hands he holds threads of a small Trump puppet. The image was produced by AI and went viral as a meme in social media.

Notices where this attachment appears

1. Embed this notice
   Petra van Cronenburg (naturemc@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 20:59:46 JST Petra van Cronenburg

   in reply to

   @dangillmor Does anyone remember Newsweek in December about that famous puppet picture? https://www.newsweek.com/president-musk-photos-show-trump-servant-flood-internet-ai-spending-bill-2004092

   The time cover? https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/07/media/time-magazine-elon-musk-cover-trump/index.html

   And the Guardian calls it a bromance which reminds of the famous kissing Putin image.

   But even Musk must have strategists behind him. The rapid, pre-planned destruction of democracy cannot be his doing alone, he is not good enough for such a complex work, and too often on drugs.