“Day by day Present” host Jon Stewart known as out President Donald Trump and different key members of his administration, particularly Elon Musk, for evading accountability at each flip.
“If there’s one factor that this administration does higher than anyone I’ve ever seen it’s play the sufferer,” Stewart mentioned on his “Weekly Present” podcast. “I’ve by no means seen any individuals, ever, together with when my youngsters have been 3 and a pair of years outdated, evade accountability and duty, and blame others in the way in which that these individuals do. It’s actually shameless.”
Musk provided to seem on “The Day by day Present” for an interview in February after Stewart criticized him in the course of the broadcast.
The tech billionaire and administration’s DOGE chief had one situation: The interview must air unedited.
Stewart shortly accepted, saying that’s how most “Day by day Present” interviews air anyway.
Stewart mentioned this week he’s heard nothing since then, even after reaching out to Musk through DM to assist make the interview occur.
“I bought ghosted,” he mentioned. “I bought left on learn, man.”
Musk is leaving the federal government quickly, and “Weekly Present” podcast producer Lauren Walker advised Stewart that the Tesla CEO has mentioned his departure is due to the “nasty and unethical assaults from the left.”
“Fully, I’m certain, undeserved,” Stewart snarked in response. “By no means reflective of standing on a stage with a chainsaw, celebrating the lack of livelihoods for tens of hundreds of well-intentioned authorities staff, I’m certain.”
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