Musk mocks Jon Stewart’s bloody hands, promises to send him DOGE merch as he recovers

The Daily Show host sliced open his hand while getting riled up about Elon Musk and his initiative’s government cuts. Elon Musk offered to send Jon Stewart some Department of Government Efficiency merchandise after The Daily Show host sliced his hand open during a fiery speech about government cuts initiated by the tech billionaire’s advisory body.

Stewart became increasingly riled up while addressing frustration over government inefficiencies and DOGE’s approach to pharmaceutical subsidies on Monday evening’s show when the injury occurred. Musk, who is tasked with slashing government bureaucracy federal spending, shared a Fox News report about the late-night host’s bloody hand, along with a gift proposal to “comfort” Stewart while he heals.

“I will send him some @DOGE merch to comfort him while he recovers from this injury,” he tweeted late on Tuesday. Selling everything from $55 MAGA baseball caps to a $180 pickleball paddle in his official Trump Store, the president’s political operation also began selling $47 DOGE membership cards on Sunday evening.

There are also DOGE T-shirts embossed with a graphic of Trump and Musk for $40 and a $28 top that shows Trump, Musk, and the Shiba Inu dog – which inspired the original doge meme. Musk also replied with a dart hitting the bullseye emoji in response to a commenter who wrote of Stewart: “There is a metaphor here. Democrats are so lost in anti-Elon anger that they end up hurting themselves.”.

To another who posted the clip and commented: “This is not normal.” Musk responded: “Anger management issues.”. During Monday’s monologue, Stewart condemned the high price of prescription drugs in an expletive-filled rant. “The companies we subsidize with billions of dollars are allowing us the privilege to negotiate the price of 10 of their drugs,” he said.

“And 10 is all of them, right? It would be embarrassing if it was a small drop in the bucket, and that the American people didn’t expect that we should negotiate for all their f***ing drugs, because we have already paid for them with our subsidies!”.

In tandem with the last word of his speech, Stewart slammed down his “World’s Most Dad” coffee mug on his desk, slicing open his right hand which caused audible gasps from the studio audience. “It is f***ing insane! Come on!” he shouted with shards of porcelain scattered over his desk.

“I’ll be going to the hospital soon,” Stewart added after looking down at his injury. The host continued his segment on DOGE and budget cuts with his right hand under his desk before being bandaged up during a commercial break and, eventually, seeing out the remainder of the show.

He later added that he wants “DOGE to work” alongside a more efficient government. “I want to get rid of the alphabet agencies that don’t do enough. Make the Pentagon pass an audit. But we are DOGE-ing in the wrong place if we want to really change the system,” the comedian said.