Seth Meyers Rips Trump's Hypocrisy Amid Elon Musk Friendship: 'Take It With A Grain Of Salt'

LOADINGERROR LOADINGSeth Meyers clowned Republicans for “taking orders” from their “new leader” Elon Musk on Thursday after the billionaire Trump ally tanked a GOP government funding bill this week.The “Late Night” host used Musk’s efforts to thwart the bill to call out a “myth” tied to Donald Trump’s “supposed populism”: the president-elect’s claims that he doesn’t need anyone’s money.Advertisement He turned to a supercut of Trump featuring clips of the president-elect blasting politicians for being “fully” controlled by lobbyists, donors and special interest groups.“Sleepy Joe Biden works for big tech and big donors,” Trump told supporters in one clip from a 2020 campaign rally.“I’m turning down millions of dollars for the campaign, millions.Everybody’s offering me money and I don’t want it so I’m turning down millions of dollars,” he declared in another clip from 2015.Advertisement Meyers hit back at Trump’s claims with a “rule” for his viewers.“If the same guy who’s telling you he’s turning down millions is also doing informercials for his own bibles, take it with a grain of salt,” Meyers said.He later continued, “Also may I remind you, you were the one, not Joe Biden, who had a billionaire tech mogul jumping around with you on stage like a golden retriever who snuck into a bounce house.”We Need Your SupportOther news outlets have retreated behind paywalls.

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