The “Late Night” host likened Trump’s relationship with Musk to the 1996 Jim Carrey movie: “You let him do you a favor, and now you can’t get rid of him.”
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Elon Musk’s influence on President-elect Donald Trump continued to baffle late-night hosts on Thursday, after the tech mogul led the charge to scuttle a bipartisan spending deal. If an agreement is not reached, a government shutdown will start Saturday.
Seth Meyers likened Trump’s relationship with Musk to the plot of a 1996 Jim Carrey comedy.
“Oh my god, you let him do you a favor, and now you can’t get rid of him — you got ‘Cable Guy’-ed by Elon Musk,” Meyers said. “Every time you look out that little keyhole, he gonna be there.”
“Well, if he’s going to be the guy running everything, I’m going to have to work on my Elon Musk impression.” — STEPHEN COLBERT
“I’ll tell you this much: If I was worth $400 billion, I would not spend all of my free time with Donald Trump. I would do jack [expletive]. At most, I’d get high and watch videos all day like that dramatic chipmunk on a loop.” — SETH MEYERS
“After all, the Constitution does start with, ‘We the people do whatever rich boy tells us. Rich boy makes the big square truck car. LOL.’” — STEPHEN COLBERT
“Last night, President-elect Trump hosted Jeff Bezos at Mar-a-Lago. But an hour into the dinner, Elon Musk showed up and sat between them at the table. Even Trump was like, ‘OK, this is actually starting to freak me out, OK? You’ve got to get a friend.’” — JIMMY FALLON
“To settle who he loves more, Elon and Bezos are going to put Trump down in the middle of the room and see who he goes to first: ‘All right, here boy!’” — JIMMY FALLON
“Oof, what’s it like to be on a text chain with Elon Musk? Based on the speed in which he posts on social media, I’m guessing there’s not a lot of chill in his texting.” — SETH MEYERS
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