“Every day Present” correspondent Jordan Klepper took on Well being Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday for unveiling a brand new, upside-down meals pyramid whereas rolling out new dietary pointers final week.
Kennedy, throughout a press briefing on the White Home, remarked on the look of the inverted meals pyramid and claimed that the mannequin “was really upside-down earlier than and we simply righted it.”
Klepper teased the well being secretary over his “easy, logical graphic.”
“ what? I’m fairly certain this one is the other way up, except I’m misremembering each pyramid photograph I’ve ever seen,” quipped Klepper alongside a picture of flipped Egyptian pyramids.
The comic additionally poked enjoyable at Dr. Mehmet Oz, the previous speak present host who now serves as Donald Trump’s administrator for the Facilities for Medicare & Medicaid Providers. Oz informed reporters that, within the “best-case situation,” he doesn’t assume individuals ought to drink alcohol.
“Ah, nice information, we’re not within the best-case situation proper now,” Klepper cracked.
Klepper later joked that the Division of Well being and Human Providers was spreading the phrase concerning the new dairy and protein-focused pointers via “probably the most dynamic, charismatic spokesperson”: Ben Carson, Trump’s former Secretary of Housing and City Improvement.
Carson, in a clip shared to the U.S. Division of Agriculture’s X web page, drinks a glass of milk earlier than calmly declaring that it’s “good things.” The video concludes with a pretend milk mustache edited onto Carson’s face with the caption, “Drink Complete Milk. #MilkMustacheMoment.”
“You’re making Ben Carson drink a glass of milk? The drink that famously helps us go to sleep at evening? Are you insane? If Ben Carson will get any sleep, he might die,” Klepper stated.
Watch extra of Klepper’s Tuesday monologue on “The Every day Present.”