Jon Stewart celebrates Elon Musk’s DOGE exit, claims Donald Trump has 'broken the poor man'
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Elon Musk’s exit from his signature Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has triggered contradictory responses, with many cheering his departure.
Among the ones celebrating the Tesla CEO’s exit is 'The Daily Show' host Jon Stewart, who fiercely mocked him over the end of his chapter with DOGE and the Trump administration, according to Deadline.
During the irreverent opening monologue on the latest episode, the 62-year-old commentator examined Musk’s fall from “tech titan given a mandate to move fast and crush the deep state” to “guy who had a bad night in a Nashville bar he can’t remember.”
Jon Stewart calls Elon Musk 'one of America’s least efficient government workers'
Stewart started the monologue proclaiming, “DOGE has finally rooted out one of America’s least efficient government workers and marked him for dismissal.”
After 128 days, Musk’s time as Donald Trump‘s “special government employee” came to a close on May 28 when he announced his departure from DOGE amid mounting pressure from Tesla's board.
“He’s leaving his job to make more family with his time,” joked the host, referencing the billionaire’s fathering of 14 children by four different women.
The political comic then went on to make a stark comparison between the joyously jumping Musk on the campaign trail and a photo of the billionaire with a black eye during his farewell press conference with the president.
“Look at this poor bastard,” said Stewart, adding, “He’s looking beaten down. He’s got that look on his face that I imagine his employees normally have — black eye, 1000-yard stare. This dude has seen some s**t. I’d like to know at least how that happened.”
Stewart then played a clip of Musk dubiously claiming his 5-year-old son X punched him in the face. “I was just horsing around with [my son]. And I said, ‘Go ahead, punch me in the face.’ And he did,” the SpaceX founder said in the video.
“Look, I believe things sometimes do happen when you’re roughhousing with your kid,” Stewart said. “But I’m also sure the one sentence no parent has ever uttered to their child is, ‘Go ahead, punch me in the face.'”
Jon Stewart claims Trump ‘broke’ Elon Musk
The commentator continued by pointing out how Musk had “spent $300 million of his own money to get Trump elected, [and] irreparably damaged his personal brand and almost all of his business,” but he’d gotten nothing of value in return.
Stewart also mocked Musk over his exit interview with ‘CBS News’ Sunday Morning', where he rerouted a conversation to talk about “spaceships” instead of “presidential policy.”
Trump has “broken this poor man,” the host observed.
“But let this be a lesson to Elon and anybody in Trump’s orbit: whatever your passionate political belief or whatever your ideology is, you will go from reaching for mine stars to dissolving in a puddle of your own urine and shame and starting a fight club with your kid just to be able to feel because Trump,” Stewart remarked, repeating POTUS’ name for emphasis as the audience dissolved into raucous cheers.
He concluded the monologue, saying, “Just rolling with the punches is clearly the only strategy for happiness when you’re working for Trump. Trump’s very open secret has always been: He doesn’t believe in or care about any policy issue at all. He wants attention, he wants his ego stroked and he wants money — he wants f**king wads and f**king wads of money.”
