Jimmy Kimmel, dubbed an “unbearable nonsense propaganda puppet” by Elon Musk earlier this week, hit again on the Tesla CEO. He mentioned it takes one to know one.
The Emmy-winning late-night host returned Musk’s social media shade Thursday, poking enjoyable at him in his personal opening monologue that “the man who paid folks one million {dollars} a day to vote for Donald Trump is looking me a propaganda puppet.”
“Listen Kermit, to procure Twitter,” Kimmel slammed Musk. “You have bought a social media platform that’s actually a propaganda machine.”
Musk, who acquired the social media platform for $44 billion in late 2022, Called Kimmel a “propaganda puppet” Thursday morning after the comic’s post-election monologue Wednesday went viral. Even the tech billionaire expressed similar opinions on music and leisure celebrities supporting “Kamala’s puppet” days earlier than the elections.
In Wednesday’s emotional speech, Kimmel tearfully mourned the outcomes of the presidential election and expressed concern in regards to the implications of one other 4 years underneath former President Trump, who defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to safe a second time period.
“It was a horrible evening for girls, for youngsters, for the tons of of hundreds of hard-working immigrants who preserve this nation going, for well being care, for our local weather, for science, for journalism, for justice, free of charge speech,” Kimmel mentioned in his first post-election present. “It was a horrible evening for the poor, for the center class, for the aged who depend on social safety, for our allies in Ukraine, for NATO, for reality, democracy and decency. And it was a horrible evening for everybody who voted in opposition to him. And guess what? It was a foul night for everybody who voted for him too. You simply do not understand it but.”
Kimmel has lengthy been important of Trump, utilizing his late-night spot not solely to mock the president-elect but additionally to share how the previous actuality star’s insurance policies have affected his private life. Kimmel urged viewers in 2020 contemplate the Republican Party’s plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which might negatively impression folks with a pre-existing situation, together with her son Billy who lives with a congenital coronary heart situation. On Thursday, Kimmel in contrast the present political ambiance to “standing in the midst of the road ready for a bus to hit us, however it’s nonetheless 40 miles away.”
During his opening monologue Kimmel additionally criticized Musk for his earlier tweets calling out media organizations together with the Washington Post, New York Times and Associated Press propaganda machines. “AP stands for Associated Propaganda,” Musk wrote in a September tweet. Kimmel additionally mocked Musk’s dedication to Trump, citing the president-elect’s 2022 Truth Social submit that painted Musk as desperately needing authorities subsidies.
“I might have mentioned, ‘Kneel and beg,’ and he would have completed it,” Trump wrote two years in the past.
Musk’s relationship with Trump wasn’t the one one in Kimmel’s sights Thursday. The comic additionally poked enjoyable at Musk’s household life. Musk is the daddy of 12 kids from relationships with a number of girls. His daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson, who’s transgender, did spoken against Moss a number of instances. More just lately, Wilson he wrote Thursday that his father is a “delusional, soiled little management freak who hasn’t matured as an individual in 38 years.”
“At least my youngsters like me,” Kimmel additionally mentioned Thursday.
