HUD spokesperson Kasey Lovett confirmed the clip did play at HUD in an email to HuffPost and called it “another waste of taxpayer dollars and resources.” Lovett also pledged that “appropriate action will be taken for all involved.”

The fake video was seen at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, where Musk’s culling of federal workers has caused widespread anger.

TV sets at the headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development played the seemingly AI-generated video on loop, along with the words “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING.”