Then, while being interviewed by Newsmax host Rob Schmitt, he proclaimed, "I am become meme [sic]," NBC News and The Daily Beast reported. "Yeah, pretty much," he continued after the audience laughed.

Musk, ever the internet icon, humorously declared, “I am become meme. Yeah. Pretty much. I’m just—I’m living the meme. I’m just like, living the dream. And there's being out there in ...