It’s a toe-tal switch-up over at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, where monitors are no longer showing fake videos of President Donald Trump sucking Elon Musk’s feet.
Instead, TV screens throughout the agency on Tuesday displayed clips of Trump signing executive orders on a loop, a HUD worker said and union officials confirmed.
A worker at HUD said that the screens began showing videos of Trump’s signings last night. The worker noticed the videos showing as they left the office for the night, and as of this morning, the clips were still playing. Business Insider viewed recordings showing the videos being played on at least two monitors; both appeared to be playing without sound or closed captions.
“It’s making people uncomfortable,” the worker said. “It’s like state propaganda.”
Two HUD workers said that the monitors are generally used to convey information, not broadcast videos. Both said the toe video was the first time they’d seen the monitors used to show video.
On Monday night, the press office for HUD Secretary Scott Turner released a statement on the day’s excitement.
“The monitors at HUD are now showcasing the wins of the Trump administration, including action to lower the cost and expand the supply of affordable housing,” the statement said. “We expect the media to cover these historic achievements with the same level of detail and immediacy as other frivolous stories.”
The White House and Turner’s office did not immediately respond to Business Insider’s request for comment on the executive order videos.
HUD spokesperson Kasey Lovett said in a statement Monday that the Trump-Musk video was “another waste of taxpayer dollars and resources.”
The toe-sucking video hit the monitors inside the agency as bargaining unit employees at HUD officially returned to office on Monday morning. The agency is facing potential cuts amid the Musk and Trump push to efficiently slash the federal workforce, with the Associated Press reporting that half of the agency could be on the chopping block.
Federal workers this week have also been asked to account for what they’ve been doing on the clock. The Office of Personnel Management sent out a weekend email asking workers to reply with five bullet points on what they had worked on in the past week. However, some agencies later said that a response was voluntary or that they’d reply on behalf of their workers.
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