So it is in his monologue he celebrated how badly Musk has messed things up, joking after he explained that sales of cars made by Musk's Tesla are plummeting and his net work has dropped by billions over the last few days.

He may have to fire himself!” For Kimmel, the funniest part of the situation is President Trump’s publicity stunt on Tesla’s behalf at the White House. Trump not only talked up Tesla to reporters, but he was handed note cards listing the prices and specs of various Tesla models.

"The idea that we all now have to dig deep to help the richest man in the world who’s down to his last $324 billion sell cars is preposterous," he said.