Following his exit from the White House, ending his run as head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk left the government with a haphazard mess of devastating budget cuts and backlash from his shareholders and the public.
On Monday’s The Daily Show episode, Jon Stewart quickly chronicled Musk’s fall from “tech titan given a mandate to move fast and crush the deep state” to “guy who had a bad night in a Nashville bar he can’t remember.”
“DOGE has finally rooted out one of America’s least efficient government workers,” declared Stewart, celebrating the finale of Musk’s 130 days as a “special employee” in the White House last week. “He’s leaving his job to make more family with his time,” joked the host, referencing Musk’s obsession with having a