Jimmy Kimmel Hits Again After Elon Musk Calls Him An ‘Unbearable Nonsense Propaganda Puppet’

On Wednesday night time, Kimmel reacted to Donald Trump’s win over Kamala Harris with an emotional monologue during which he acquired noticeably choked up. The speech went viral, prompting a response from Musk on X, the platform he bought previously referred to as Twitter, writing, “Kimmel is an unbearable nonsense propaganda puppet.”

Thursday, Kimmel issued a response to Musk on his discuss present.

“Final night time, I shared a few of my ideas and emotions about what occurred and the way a lot I am gonna miss democracy … and I heard from lots of people about it however none extra distinguished than the richest man on the earth, Elon Musk, who this morning tweeted, ‘Kimmel is an unbearable nonsense propaganda puppet,'” Kimmel defined.

He then deadpanned, “No less than my kids like me” — earlier than turning Musk’s phrases in opposition to him.

“The man who paid folks $1 million a day to vote for Donald Trump is looking me a propaganda puppet. Pay attention, Kermit, you purchased Twitter, you purchased a social media platform that’s actually a propaganda machine,” he stated. “If I spent two weeks making an attempt to provide you with a four-word description of Elon Musk, I do not suppose I might do higher than ‘unbearable nonsense propaganda puppet.'”

Kimmel then identified how Musk calls “every thing” propaganda, pulling up previous posts during which he used that time period to seek advice from the New York Occasions, Washington Submit, NPR and even the Related Press.

Digging deeper, Kimmel additionally pulled up an previous submit Trump shared about Elon on his Reality Social platform, during which Trump stated that when Musk visited the White Home he saved “asking me for assistance on all of his many backed initiatives, whether or not it is electrical vehicles that do not drive lengthy sufficient, driverless vehicles that crash, or rocketships to nowhere.”

Claiming Musk instructed him “how he was a giant Trump fan and Republican,” Trump added, “I might have stated, ‘Drop to your knees and beg,’ and he would have executed it.”

“You already know what he means by beg,” Kimmel then quipped, earlier than including, “I am positive his little hand will match properly in your sock gap.”

Musk has not but responded to Kimmel’s newest feedback.