Two tightly cropped black-and-white photos of Elon Musk and Donald Trump against a horizontal red background. Musk's photo, a square on the upper left, shows his face, from nose to the tip of his hair, as his left eye he stares back at the viewer. Trump's photo, a square on the bottom right, is cropped from the bridge of his nose to the top of his tie, and shows him speaking directly at the viewer.

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School gymnasium filled with people sitting in folding chairs, some with their arms raised, holding pieces of green paper.