John Oliver didnt wait too long during the latest Last Week Tonight episode to turn his attention to the U.S., where he said things have been chaotic. Specifically, Donald Trump and Elon Musks war of words on social media.
A feud between the president and tech boss erupted days after Musk stepped down as head of the Trump administrationsDepartment of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and then openly criticized the Republican Partys One Big Beautiful Bill. The two men then proceeded to battle it out on their respective social media platforms, Truth Social and X (formerly Twitter), on Thursday, sharing a flurry of digital threats and insults directed toward each other. In one post, Trump claimed Musk had been wearing thin, I asked him to leave, before adding that he just went CRAZY. In response, Musk claimed with no evidence that the president was named in unreleased government files about the late billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Have a nice day, DJT! the tech titan added.
Setting aside that Trump being in the Epstein files is not a bombshell, it is a commonly held assumption, Oliver quipped on Last Week Tonight about the public rift. Theyve basically spent a full day fighting with big Real Housewife energy.'
The British comedian then brought up Andy Cohen, who posted on X on Thursday, LET ME HOST THE REUNION, referencing the drama-filled Real Housewives reunion specials he typically hosts.
Oliver said a reunion special makes complete sense to me because at their core, these two men are real housewives. Both of them have hair thats expensive and wrong. Both have sketchy business ventures I dont fully understand. They both spend far too much time online, and if either of them isnt the center of attention for a single second, they will die.
Honestly, the only thing thats missing is a messy in-person confrontation where Andy Cohen gets one of them to read a tweet and the other throws a daiquiri in his face, Oliver joked before asking, Why cant we have this?
While Trump and Musk had grown close over the past year, with the Tesla, SpaceX and Starlink CEO donating around $300 million to Trumps presidential campaign and Republican candidates ahead of the 2024 election, there now seems to be trouble in paradise.










