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Elon Musk Jumping refers to a photograph of businessman and investor Elon Musk jumping up into the air while wearing a black "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) hat during an appearance at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania during the 2024 Presidential Election. 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 early October 2024. This marks the second time that a photo of Musk jumping has been turned into a meme.

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On October 5th, 2024, former President Donald Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania, the site of the first attempt on his life earlier that year, to hold a rally one month ahead of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Trump invited tech entrepreneur Elon Musk to speak at the rally, with Musk jumping up and down repeatedly as he walked on stage that day (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 on October 5th. In the post, Mills wrote, "@realDonaldTrump introduces Elon Musk during a rally in Butler, Pa." The post gathered over 9,000 likes in a day as it went viral online.

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Various internet users mocked Elon Musk for the awkward photo of him jumping at a Trump rally as it quickly garnered virality and became the source of numerous memes.

For example, on October 5th, 2024, Redditor /u/AvadaKedavra03 gathered over 4,000 upvotes in a day on a post in the subreddit /r/EnoughMuskSpam.^[4] The image was also used in a post on /r/politics,^[5] where it gathered over 29,000 likes in the same timeframe.

Also 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 6th, 2025, with X^[7] user @ClassicalSocdem gathering over 80,000 likes on a FallenChungus version of the meme (originally created by Instagram^[10] user schengen__shenanigans), while X^[8] user @antii__dote gathered over 52,000 likes on a Soyjak version of the meme posted on the same day.

Later in October 2024, developers @juanditb and @galitsky94 launched Elon Jump,^[9] a interactive website based on the meme where several cutouts of jumping Elon Musk could be bounced around the screen.

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