Elon Musk got the attention he sought after he posted an AI generated image of Kamala Harris that depicted her as a communist dictator as X users have responded by playing him at his own game.

The X owner was responding to a post Harris put out on 1 September where she shared a poster of Donald Trump reading: “Donald Trump vows to be a dictator on day one.” “We won’t let him,” she wrote.

Musk initially replied: “You’re lying.”

Then later, he shared an AI generated image of Harris in a red communist uniform and wrote sarcastically: “Kamala vows to be a communist dictator on day one. Can you believe she wears that outfit!?”

He instantly faced a wave of backlash with several users hitting back by creating their own AI images depicting Musk himself as a communist leader.

One account posted an AI image of Musk in a Nazi uniform, writing: “Apartheid Clyde in all his glory spreading misinformation – so here we are! Thank Grok! Can you believe Elon wears that outfit??”

Another X account, which described itself as a “concerned republican”, shared a photo of Trump as a communist leader, and pointed to the former president’s close relations with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

“Tell your daddy Trump to stop praising communist dictators all the time. Kamala never wrote ‘love letters’ with Kim Jong Un,” they wrote.

Given Musk’s close ties to Trump, X users said he should take “more responsibility” for what he posts on the social media platform.

Republicans Against Trump also slammed Musk. “This is utterly false, and you know it,” the account said. “Donald Trump, who repeatedly [sic] praised the communist dictators of China and NK, explicitly said that he’ll be a dictator for ‘one day’.”

Meanwhile, former RNC chairman Michael Steele recommended Musk get off his own social media platform.

“Dude, perhaps you should take a break from this platform…” he posted.