“Last week tonight” Host John Oliver Clowned Elon Musk about the bizarre chainsaw stunt of the billionaire in the midst of his cost-saving crusade with the non-official Ministry of Government Efficiency.
Oliver responded to a clip of the billionaire who held what he called a ‘chainsaw for bureaucracy’, a gift from Argentinian President Javier Milei, while spoke on stage at the conservative political action conference.
“Kainsaw,” called Musk while he shook the power tool in the air.
“First, is it possible that Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, thinks that the sound that a chainsaw makes is chainsaw?” Oliver joked.
He continued later: “But a chainsaw could actually be a pretty appropriate metaphor for Doge, since Musk hurries and without much precision.”
The host pointed out the Trump government that repeatedly climbed to hire federal employees in the aftermath of mass dismissal, including Those who supervise nuclear weapons As well as employees who work on the government’s response to bird flu.
Oliver then turned to a clip of one of the thousands of employees of the National Park Service who was recently fired under Trump.
“If you are going on vacation this summer, I hope there are no forest fires because I and thousands of my colleagues, other National Park Rangers and National Forest Service members will not be there to help the fires,” said Kristin Jenn, a American veteran with a disability against a recent protest In Austin, Texas.
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Oliver added that the Trump administration restored the jobs of some NPS employees who were fired In the cost -saving frenzy, to note that the administration can be “through public pressure” can be influenced and explains that they “have no idea what they are doing”.
The host, after he pointed to the billionaire misleading claims and doge’s embarrassing mistakes On the websitestated: “For all the bragging of Musk and Trump, many of the cuts they make are random, unorganized and just stupid.”