Following Donald Trump’s electoral win on Wednesday morning, tech mogul Elon Musk shared an edited image of him holding a sink against the backdrop of the White House Oval Office.
The image was a throwback to when Musk walked into Twitter headquarters holding a sink after acquiring the social media platform.
A vocal and heavy financial supporter of Trump, Musk posted the image on X (formerly Twitter) with the caption, “Let that sink in!” Musk had acquired Twitter (now X) in 2022 for $44 billion.
“Entering Twitter HQ — let that sink in!” Musk tweeted on October 26, 2022.
Musk’s post has sparked speculation about a potential role for him in Trump’s administration if the Republican candidate wins the White House. Trump had previously expressed interest in appointing the Tesla CEO as his “secretary of cost-cutting.”
After U.S. media projections showed Trump was close to securing the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidential race, Musk took to X to express his excitement with a series of posts. One of his first posts was “Game, set and match,” a term often used in tennis to signal that a player has won.
He later tweeted a photo of himself speaking with Trump at an election night party. “America is a nation of builders,” and, “Soon, you will be free to build,” he wrote in another post.
A fourth post by Musk said, “The people of America gave Donald Trump a crystal clear mandate for change tonight.”
Musk has donated over $118 million to Trump’s campaign since endorsing him in July.
