Count Jimmy Kimmel among the many people casting sidelong glances at Elon Musk’s weird appearance at a Trump Rally over the weekend. After dismissing the pair of newfound political allies as “Twitterdee and Twitterdum,” he declared that seeing them together was a rare glimpse of ” two devils making a deal with each other.”
“Gordon Scamsey,” Kimmel said, referring to Trump, “was joined on stage in Pennsylvania by none other than Elon Musk. And say what you like about Elon, the man is absolutely dripping with charisma.”
At that, Kimmel ran a clip demonstrating the exact opposite when Elon Musk jumped, awkwardly, onstage. The clip was also edited so that Musk’s jumping made “Super Mario Bros.” sound effects. Musk then re-ran the clip slowed down, in order to take a close look at said jumping.
“It’s so graceful. It’s like being on the Serengeti, and seeing a gazelle in its natural habitat. This is like, you know how at the end of a comedy in the 80s, they’d do a freeze frame explaining what happened? That’s that right there. They’re both so terrible,” Kimmel said. “Twitterdee and Twitterdum.”
Kimmel then showed a photo of Musk and Trump shaking hands during the event, which he said, “tells you all you need to know about [it], because it’s rare you get to see two devils making a deal with each other. But it does happen.”
That was a jumping off point for Kimmel to note how, until quite recently, Trump and Musk weren’t so chummy.
“And you know even Trump hates this guy? Trump called, in the past, called him a ‘BS artist.’ He posted about Musk visiting him in the Oval Office. He wrote ‘when Elon Musk came to the White House asking me for help’ I could have said drop to your knees and beg and he would have done it,” the ABC host said.
“Elon in 2022, wrote, ‘Trump would be 82 at end of term, which is too old to be chief executive of anything, let alone the United States of America. I don’t hate the man, but it’s time for Trump to hang up his hat & sail into the sunset,’” Kimmel continued.
“And now they’re really good pals. Isn’t that something?”
Watch the whole monologue above now.
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Elon Musk is now one of Trump’s biggest supporters — but their relationship wasn’t always great
- Elon Musk and Donald Trump have had a tumultuous relationship over the years.
- While the two traded barbs during Trump’s presidency, they’re now political allies.
- Musk endorsed Trump and spoke at his recent rally in Pennsylvania.
Elon Musk and Donald Trump are getting along again after years of a frosty relationship.
On August 12, Musk hosted Trump for a live interview on X, formerly known as Twitter, welcoming Trump back to the platform that paved the way for the reality TV star’s shocking upset in 2016.
After tearing into each other in the past, the world’s richest person and Republican presidential nominee have become close political allies. Musk is making clear that this extends now to his armada of businesses and potentially millions in donations to a pro-Trump super PAC.
Here’s how the two powerful men reached this point.
November 2016: Musk says Trump is ‘not the right guy’ for the job
Just before the 2016 presidential election, Musk told CNBC he didn’t think Trump should be president.
“I feel a bit stronger that he is not the right guy. He doesn’t seem to have the sort of character that reflects well on the United States,” Musk said.
The billionaire added that Hillary Clinton’s economic and environmental policies were the “right ones.”
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