Elon Musk Jumping

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Elon Musk Jumping refers to an awkward photo of Elon Musk jumping during an appearance at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The tech entrepreneur was captured on camera jumping with his hands up in the air and an awkward expression on his face during a rally in support of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in October 2024. This marks the second time that a photo of Musk jumping awkwardly has been turned into a meme.

Origin

On October 5th, 2024, Donald Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania, the site of the first attempt on his life in 2024, to hold a rally one month ahead of the 2024 presidential elections. Trump invited tech entrepreneur Elon Musk to speak at the rally, with Musk jumping up and down repeatedly as he walked on stage (seen below).^[1]

New York Times journalist Doug Mills reposted a photo of Musk jumping, captured by photographer Jim Watson,^[2] on his X^[3] account. Mills wrote, "@realDonaldTrump introduces Elon Musk during a rally in Butler, Pa." The post gathered over 9,000 likes in a day.

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Various internet users mocked Elon Musk for the awkward photo of him jumping at a Trump rally, with Redditor /u/AvadaKedavra03 gathering over 4,000 upvotes on an October 5th, 2024 post in /r/EnoughMuskSpam.^[4] The image was also used in a post on /r/politics,^[5] where it gathered over 29,000 likes in a day.

On October 5th, X^[6] user @SonnyBunch posted a college of the photo, zooming in on both Musk and Trump's faces. The post read, "I’m sorry, this is the funniest single photo of the entire election cycle," and gathered over 200,000 likes in a day.

Meme edits and soyjaks of the moment began making the rounds on October 5th as well, with X^[7] user @ClassicalSocdem gathering over 80,000 likes on a fallenchungus version of the meme, while X^[8] user @antii__dote gathered over 52,000 likes on a soyjak version of the meme posted on the same day.

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