Overview

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Trump Sucking Elon's Toes Hack, also known as Donald Trump Kissing Elon Musk’s Feet AI Video At HUD or Long Live The Real King Video, refers to an artificial intelligence video showing United States President Donald Trump sucking and kissing on billionaire Elon Musk's toes with the message, “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING” (referencing the King Trump meme and post by Trump in which he called himself a "king" days prior) overlaid on the clip. The video surfaced in late February 2025 after federal computers were reportedly hacked at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to show the fake AI video. Clips of the incident gained significant media attention as the story spread, as well as inspiring jokes and memes on X / Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, among other sites.

Background

On February 24th, 2025, X^[1] user @ajlamesa posted a video showing the halls of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) building in Washington, D.C. in which alleged hackers purportedly hijacked the TVs to show an AI-generated video of President Donald Trump sucking and kissing on Elon Musk's toes and feet. The clip also included the message, “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING,” that appeared on top of the hacked video, amassing over 110,000 views and 1,300 likes in a few hours.

According to TMZ,^[2] HUD spokeswoman Kasey Lovett said the stunt was "another waste of taxpayer dollars and resources" and the hacking will have "serious consequences."

Online Reactions

The 19-second AI-generated video of Donald Trump sucking Elon Musk's toes quickly went viral on social media in late February 2025 as the story garnered additional media coverage and spread online, spawning jokes and memes related to the hacking incident.

For instance, on February 24th, 2025, X^[3] user @sirDukeDevin posted an AI image dated back to December 28th, 2024, claiming the material was used as a reference for the video the hackers used. The tweet (seen below) received roughly 12,000 views and 150 likes in a few hours.

On the same day, TikTok^[4] user @dannied01 posted a comedic video mocking the “Long Live The Real King” AI video (seen below), amassing more than 20,000 likes in a few hours.

Also on February 24th, 2025, numerous posts to Reddit emerged discussing the incident and reposting the video, including a post to the subreddit /r/fednews^[5] that received over 12,000 upvotes and 360 comments in six hours.

That same day, the clip was reposted to the subreddit /r/PublicFreakout,^[6] receiving over 26,000 upvotes and 630 comments in five hours (shown below).

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