Stephen Colbert on the Trump-Musk Feud: Apparently, the Ketamine Has Worn Off, ‘Oh My God, I Spent $300 Million to Elect Who?’

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COLBERT: “My fellow Americans. [Cheers and applause] My friends, my fellow Americans, we gather this evening on a momentous night because yesterday in Washington, the thinkable happened. There is now trouble brewing between the president and former first buddy Elon Musk. No, no. I’m starting to worry that two narcissistic megalomaniacs with a total inability to see value in other humans might have a hard time making friends. Whew. Here’s what happened. Here’s what happened. Yesterday, this was yesterday, right? In a multi-tweet onslaught, among other things, Elon Musk called Trump’s big beautiful bill “a disgusting abomination.” [Cheers and applause] Okay. Okay. Apparently the ketamine has worn off.
[Laughter] That’s got to be a hell of a hangover. “oh, my god. I spent $300 million to elect who? I have how many children? That can’t be their names!” [Laughter and applause]
[Cheering] And “disgusting abomination” is harsh criticism. Also copyright infringement because that’s already the slogan for papa John’s parmesan-crusted Philly cheesesteak papadia.” [Laughter] Sounds pretty good, actually. Sounds kinda tasty. Musk explained that the big beautiful abomination will massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to $2.5 trillion. Three exclamation points. And burden American citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt. Counterpoint: American citizens are already used to unsustainable debt. That’s why they buy their parmesan-crusted Philly cheesesteak papadias on klarna. In an interview on CBS this Sunday, Musk tried to distance himself from Trump.

Musk: “It’s not like I agree with everything the administration does.”

COLBERT: “Yeah, Musk doesn’t think Trump was right about everything. His hat does.