Jon Stewart opened his Monday night monologue by celebrating the Department of Government Efficiency for doing its job.
“DOGE has finally rooted out one of America’s least efficient government workers and marked him for dismissal,” Stewart said, referring to Elon Musk. The Telsa and X boss announced he would be moving on from the White House last week .
“He’s leaving his job to make more family with his time,” the comedian quipped.
But despite the applause from his studio audience, Stewart confessed that he’s “starting to feel bad for the guy.” “He’s only been there four months,” Stewart said. “He went from tech titan given a mandate to move fast and crush the deep state to guy who had a bad night at a Nashville bar he can’t remember.”
To further emphasize his point, Stewart noted t