As things get dirty in the feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk, Seth Meyers is enjoying the show.
On Thursday’s episode of Late Night, the comedian commented on the heated exchange between the twice-impeached president and his former bestie after Musk claimed Trump is included in the Jeffrey Epstein files.
The monologue came hours after Musk responded to Trump’s threat to terminate Tesla’s government subsidies with a loaded tweet. “Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!” he wrote.
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Meyers said on his show, “I don’t know about DJT, but I’m having a pretty nice day. Holy s—! In the span of three hours, they went from Elon criticizing the bill, to Trump threatening to take Elon’s contracts away, to Elon suggesting that Trump might be a pedophile. Also, if we are to take you at your word, Elon, you already knew that… and it wasn’t a dealbreaker. So, that spiraled out of control.”
While it has never been a secret that the late, disgraced billionaire Epstein and Trump were party pals back in the 1990s, Trump always has denied he had anything to do with his convicted friend’s penchant for underaged girls.
The feud comes after former DOGE chief Musk denounced Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which would add an estimated $2.4 trillion deficit over the next decade. He previously concluded his stint with DOGE last month.
“It’s as clear as ever that neither of these guys really believed in anything,” added Meyers. “Elon spent nearly $300 million to get Republicans elected, and now he’s shocked that they’re doing the thing that everyone said they would do. And in the process, Trump used Elon to get back into power. You know, in a way, they were right: watching these guys destroy each other has been both big and beautiful.”
Joking that “things have taken a shocking turn with one of the hottest couples on Love Island,” Jimmy Fallon also poked fun at the feud in his opening monologue on The Tonight Show.
“Yeah, Trump and Elon have been brutally attacking each other all day. Seriously, their relationship went off a cliff faster than a self-driving Tesla,” he added. “And I’m not saying it’s bad, but right now, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are like, ‘Guys, take it easy! This is getting out of hand.’”
Fallon joked, “Anyway, Elon is now the Democratic frontrunner for 2028, so that’s a big deal.”
Jimmy Kimmel joked he “knew this day would come, and yet, somehow it’s even better than I imagined,” adding on Jimmy Kimmel Live: “It’s like coming down the stairs on Christmas morning and finding a second tree.”
“Man oh man, Vader turns on the Emperor again. I mean, that’s a serious accusation. What does Elon know? What evidence could there possibly be that Trump was in league with Jeffrey Epstein?” Kimmel sarcastically asked while sharing numerous photos and videos of the pair.
On The Daily Show, Michael Kosta commented on “the simmering tension between Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the leader of the free world and the breeder of the free world,” noting that their “conflict has escalated into a full-blown ‘World War Douche’.”
“Oh my god, I can’t believe it. The thing that was always going to happen is now happening, and you get to be a part of it! I thought these two billionaires with the world’s biggest egos would work it out amicably,” he joked.