Seth Meyers may not have been proud of Donald Trump‘s presidential election win, however he’s discovering silver linings the place he can, together with how Elon Musk is beginning to turn into a thorn in Trump’s aspect.
The Late Evening host opened Monday’s (November 25) present by pertaining to the president-elect’s latest feedback about how he can’t get Musk to go away Mar-a-Lago. Meyers reveled on this information, saying, “Nothing’s making me really feel higher than the truth that Donald Trump lastly obtained his personal Donald Trump.”
In a Trump impression, Meyers continued, “You possibly can’t. Look, I’ve tried. I’ve tried. You possibly can’t do away with this man. Each time he does one thing loopy, I believe, ‘Effectively, that’ll be the top of it, that needs to be the breaking level.’ After which, you realize, no, he’s nonetheless proper right here. And in addition, I can’t consider I’m saying it… he wants to chill it on social media. The man posts like a f****** maniac.”
Earlier this month, Trump nominated Musk to run a non-official division centered on making a extra environment friendly authorities. The tech billionaire will co-lead the Division of Authorities Effectivity with former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
Meyers additionally pointed to an NBC information report about how Musk has been “behaving as if he’s co-president and ensuring everybody is aware of it.”
“Yeah, after all he’s,” the comic responded. “The man has $300 billion within the financial institution. Do you actually suppose he needs to listen to anyone else’s concepts? Hell, if I had $1 billion, you couldn’t inform me s***.”
Talking on Trump’s rising cupboard in broader phrases, Meyers acknowledged, “It hasn’t even been three weeks because the election [and] they’re already descending into name-calling and shouting. That’s what the Democrats are alleged to be doing. Cease stealing their strikes.”
“That is alleged to be the enjoyable time, the place you’re basking within the win and projecting confidence,” he continued. “I can’t even think about what the White Home goes to be like once they truly take over and have actual tasks.”
You possibly can watch Meyers’ full monologue within the video above.
Late Evening with Seth Meyers, Weeknights, 12:35 am/11:35c, NBC