Satirical fake meme of Trump, Jensen Huang, Elon Musk joining CPC
This is the most artfully constructed and well-planned humiliation I have ever seen.
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特朗普 黄仁勋 马斯克宣誓加入中国共产党
Overview
This is an absurd satirical edited meme presented as a screenshot of an X (formerly Twitter) post. The top section shows a post from X user @wilding_gyres that reads "This is the most artfully constructed and well-planned humiliation I have ever seen." Below this text is a photoshopped fake CCTV 1 news clip: it depicts Donald Trump, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Elon Musk standing in front of the Communist Party of China flag and Chinese national flag, all performing the CPC oath-taking gesture with a raised right fist. A fake Chinese news subtitle claims "Trump, Huang Renxun, Musk swear to join the Communist Party of China", with authentic-looking CCTV news graphics, watermarks, and reporter credits added to make the clip appear as a legitimate state media broadcast. The humor comes from the completely unrealistic, absurd premise of these three high-profile American political and business figures joining the CPC.
Origin notes
This edited meme was first shared on the X platform, then reposted to 9Gag as part of its RSS feed content, paired with the original 9Gag title "Well played...Well played...insert thumbs up". The image is a manually edited composite that combines real photographs of the three public figures with a template of a CCTV news broadcast to create a convincing fake news clip.
