Introduced final week, Elon Musk is stepping again from his “particular authorities worker” function working his Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) for Donald Trump. On Monday evening, The Every day Present‘s Jon Stewart unpacked the Tesla CEO’s resolution along with his signature gleeful gusto.
“DOGE has lastly rooted out one among America’s least environment friendly authorities employees and marked him for dismissal,” Stewart says within the clip above. “He is leaving his job to make extra household along with his time.”
Stewart famous it is solely been 4 months since Musk mobilised his DOGE process pressure and all of the ill-advised emails that went with it, with the group systematically seizing federal authorities computer systems and accessing databases, firing over 280,000 authorities employees, and completely closing authorities businesses together with USAID. However as Stewart wonders, was it value it for Musk?
“Elon spent $300 million of his personal cash to get Trump elected, irreparably broken his private model and virtually all of his companies, and is clearly struggling some sort of problem,” Stewart mentioned. “However don’t fret, Trump made positive that Elon bought one thing in return.”
Stewart’s speaking concerning the golden key that Musk obtained from Trump within the Oval Workplace, introduced by the president as a token he offers “to very particular individuals” now together with Musk — however notably, not solely Musk.
“You could not simply give him the f***ing key. You needed to be sure that everyone is aware of you give ’em to lots of people. It is simply not that particular,” Stewart mentioned earlier than imitating Trump: “You recognize I’ve bought a bunch of those. I give ’em to particular individuals. Who’s the man who brings me my Eating regimen Cokes? I give him one for each Eating regimen Coke.”
