Days like yesterday remind us what late-night TV is for. From the moment Trump began talking about his long-simmering split with his “Dark MAGA” BFF Elon Musk during a press conference with German chancellor Friedrich Merz, jokes began pouring in on social media, and anyone who pays even cursory attention to the institution that is late-night media knew that the Jimmys of the world were going to have a field day with this news story.

By the time the duo began going back and forth on social media, culminating in Musk accusing Trump of burying the Epstein files because he is named in them, it was easy to imagine these shows’ writers foaming at the mouth to pitch monologue jokes. The Daily Show , The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , Jimmy Kimmel Live! , The Late Show With Stephe

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