To his fans, Musk’s dated sensibilities are a kind of internet comfort food — and a nod to a shared, aggrieved worldview. But ...

Musk wore sunglasses, a Texas-style belt buckle ... meme,” Musk said to the audience after he sat down. “DOGE started out as a meme. Think about it. And now it’s real.

The tech billionaire stole the show Thursday, a surprise guest who wielded a chainsaw to symbolize his government cuts.

He even did a decent job of keeping the entire timeslot from devolving into internet memes, although he couldn’t stop Musk ... Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for the DOGE update. Please ...

His outfit appeared to recreate a popular artificial intelligence-generated meme of him in front of a “DOGE” sign. Musk thanked the CPAC crowd for its support, saying he is “trying to get ...

Online Trump supporters have embraced a unique form of irony that is hard to parse — and easy to deploy with new technologies ...

Latest from Inside Congress DOGE ... sunglasses and paraphrased J. Robert Oppenheimer’s famous invocation of the Bhagavad Gita after detonating the first atomic bomb: “I am become meme.” ...

For his part, Musk was dressed in a black jacket along with dark sunglasses and a gold chain ... given that the popular name DOGE was born by meme as well. “I am become meme," Musk said.

During an eccentric performance, Musk wore sunglasses and a gold chain, and declared “I am become meme.” Sandy Schoepke ... to complain about Musk and DOGE, often receiving busy signals ...

“There’s living the dream, and then there’s living the meme, and that’s pretty much what’s happening. DOGE started out as a meme,” he said, referring to the popular DOGE memecoin.

Musk’s own CPAC performance was on Thursday. The DOGE chief wore gaudy sunglasses and a gold chain as he declared “I am become meme” from the stage of the convention, drawing awkward laughs ...