A highly energized Elon Musk reveled during an Inauguration Day rally at Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C., telling the audience of President Donald Trump supporters, “thanks to you the future of civilization is assured.”

Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and the owner of X, approached the lectern by pumping his arms in excitement and shouting, “Yes! This what victory feels like!”

“This was no ordinary victory,” Musk said in a speech that aired live on Newsmax. “This was a fork in the road of human civilization. You know, there are elections that come and go, some elections are, you know, important. Some are not. But this one, this one really mattered.

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