Jimmy Kimmel wasted no time getting caught into the Donald Trump and Elon Musk drama on Thursday’s (June 5) Jimmy Kimmel Stay!, describing the blow-up as “even higher than I might have imagined.”
The president and the tech billionaire traded barbs forwards and backwards on Thursday, simply days after Musk exited his place as head of the unofficial authorities DOGE (Division of Authorities Effectivity). Since then, Musk has slammed Trump’s “large, stunning invoice” and accused him of being within the recordsdata concerning the late convicted intercourse offender, Jeffrey Epstein.
“Elon Musk went completely nuclear,” Kimmel mentioned in his opening monologue earlier than asking for the Tesla CEO’s tweet to be displayed on the large display screen. “He tweeted… ‘Time to drop the actually large bomb. Donald Trump is within the Epstein recordsdata. That’s the actual motive they’ve not been made public.’”
Kimmel might barely comprise his glee, saying, “I knew at the present time would come, and but in some way it’s even higher than I imagined. It’s like coming down the steps on Christmas morning and discovering a second tree.”
“That’s a severe accusation. What does Elon know? What proof might there presumably be that Trump was in league with Jeffrey Epstein? Apart from this and this,” Kimmel continued, exhibiting numerous images and movies of a younger Trump hanging out with Epstein.
“I don’t know what info Elon has, however I doubt he’s simply making it up as a result of if it’s not true, he might get sued for a zillion {dollars} for one thing like this,” the late-night host added.
Kimmel delighted in how shortly issues have damaged down between the pair, pointing to a Musk tweet from February the place the billionaire gushed over the president.
“In February, Elon tweeted, ‘I like Donald Trump as a lot as a straight man can love one other man.’ They couldn’t stop one another. It was like ‘Woke-back Mountain’ with these two,” the comic quipped. “Now it’s all gone, and battle strains are being drawn.”
The host then turned his consideration to Newsmax anchor Carl Higbie, who claimed, “Trump is likely to be working with Elon in tandem right here to tank his personal invoice in a 4D chess transfer.”
“These dumb guys are so dumb they assume different dumb guys like Trump are geniuses,” Kimmel mentioned. “Like once you pull a coin out of a child’s ear and he thinks you’re magic, that’s Carl Higbie.”
Wrapping issues up, Kimmel famous what number of MAGA supporters are “obsessed” with the Epstein recordsdata. “They see something, they see any checklist of names, any lunatic posts anyplace on-line ― they deal with them like they’re the Lifeless Sea Scrolls,” he mentioned.
“However now you’ve acquired one MAGA hero accusing one other MAGA hero of withholding the Epstein recordsdata as a result of he himself is part of them, and what do they do? I can’t wait to search out out!” he continued. “My prediction: on the finish of this, considered one of them’s in a cell with Diddy.”
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Jimmy Kimmel Stay!, Weeknights, 11:35 pm ET/PT, ABC