Jimmy Kimmel criticized President Donald Trump and Elon Musk on his show, Live, for the recent wave of layoffs affecting government employees since Trump assumed office last month. Kimmel expressed his dismay at the lack of compassion shown towards the laid-off individuals, mentioning that typically people are thanked for their work and wished well in such situations, which is not the case with the current administration.
“The federal government is in unprecedented disarray,” the late night host said Monday (Feb. 24).
Highlighting the harsh reality faced by career-long civil servants who have dedicated decades to their jobs, Kimmel condemned the dismissals as heartless and disrespectful, comparing the treatment of these individuals to being discarded like trash. He specifically called out the lack of empathy displayed by supporters of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement and fans of cryptocurrency Dogecoin (DOGE).
Kimmel also took a dig at President Trump for reportedly spending an exorbitant amount of taxpayers’ money on golfing. Citing a HuffPost report that stated Trump has used $10.7 million on golf outings, Kimmel pointed out the president’s frequent weekend trips to play golf since his return to the White House, criticizing the excessive expenditure of public funds on leisure activities during a period of economic uncertainty.
As Kimmel put it to his Live viewers, Trump has spent nine of his first 30 days in the White House playing golf on the job, “while you’re making payments on an egg salad sandwich.”
But his hobby hasn’t stopped him from accusing other government employees of playing golf while working from home.
“He amped the hypocrisy up another notch by accusing employees of the government who work from home of being out playing golf instead of working,” Kimmel said, later adding, “Donald Trump, a guy who literally worked from home and is out playing golf instead of working, saying these work from home employees are out playing golf. There’s almost no parallel. It’s like Diddy complaining you bought too much baby oil.”
Kimmel also called out Musk’s new policy requiring government employees to email his each week with a bulleted list of five things they accomplished at work that week.
“It’s like the governments being run by Buzzfeed,” he joked.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! airs on weeknights at 11:35/10:35c on ABC.
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