“Daily Show” host Jon Stewart on Monday dismissed Elon Musk’s attempt to cut government spending for President Donald Trump as an “epic fail.”
But what really caught his eye was Musk’s spacey demeanor during an Oval Office ceremony held last week to mark the billionaire’s departure from the job.
“There might’ve been an explanation for that behavior,” Stewart said, and cited a New York Times report that Musk had been using a blend of drugs including ketamine, ecstasy, psychedelic mushrooms and Adderall.
That same report said Musk was experiencing bladder issues, which he told friends were caused by the ketamine.
“He told people that?” Stewart asked in disbelief. “This dude is a one-man anti-drug campaign.”
Stewart then offered up an ad for the mock campaign.
“These are your pants,” he said. “These are your pants on drugs.”
As he spoke, an image of Musk was altered to show a wet patch forming around his groin.
Later in the segment, Stewart turned to Trump’s latest conspiracy theory: the president shared a post on his Truth Social website claiming that Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced by clones.
Stewart said it was another example of Trump “pulling some new crazy thing out of his ass to distract us.”
But Stewart pointed to a big flaw in that conspiracy theory with a question for the president.
“You’re saying that the Joe Biden who doesn’t even know where he is is actually an incredibly advanced cloned robot?” he asked. “How much ketamine are you on?”
Much like the image of Musk earlier, the one of Trump shifted to show a wet patch appearing around the groin.
“A lot,” Stewart concluded.
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