Here Are the Funniest Roasts of Elon Musk After He Broke the Most Basic Rule of Comedy

Elon Musk claims that “comedy is legal now” thanks to his takeover of both Twitter the U.S. government, so I guess that the courts will categorize his latest attempt to be likable as a mere crime against humanity.

In the craft of comedy writing, traditional wisdom dictates that it is best not to add unnecessary elements on top of a joke’s central idea that will overcrowd the bit and make it land flat. Considering that the DOGE don is, himself, an unnecessary element who foisted himself atop the human race, it comes as no surprise that Musk will gleefully break the “Don’t put a hat on a hat” rule with the same shit-eating grin that he wears whenever he violates federal law in order to take away some retiree’s Social Security benefits or fire an entire team of nuclear safety inspectors.

During a cabinet meeting earlier this week, the controversial Tesla CEO and unelected Treasury raider made headlines for showing up with excess headwear. Musk eagerly waited for President Trump to notice his attire so that he could tell a joke that he clearly rehearsed to a room full of sycophants whom he would presumably fire if they didn't laugh, cracking, “They say I wear a lot of hats. And, as you can see, it’s true — even my hat has a hat.”

And here we thought that Musk’s only hat was his own ass.

Despite his obsession with the comedy culture wars, Musk has a long history of failing to understand even the most basic principles of making people laugh. Before he became the Trump istration’s most powerful shadow government official, Musk publicly feuded with the satirical video game news site Hard Drive after they called him out for repeatedly reposting their content with their watermark cropped out in order to trick loser nerds into thinking he knew one damn thing about either gaming or comedy.

Then, of course, there was Musk's disastrous appearance on Saturday Night Live back in 2021 where his god-awful and visibly uncomfortable impression of Wario drew some of the worst reviews for a hosting gig in the past decade. Musk even pitched a sketch that would have allowed him to expose his penis onstage, possibly because he thought there would be a bunch of flight attendants in the live studio audience.

Now, as he is busy dismantling the government and diverting our tax dollars directly into his coffers, Musk still finds the time to remind America that he’s the most desperately unfunny despot we’ve ever had. Somehow, Musk didn’t learn his lesson about attempting to be a comedian when he was booed so hard at Dave Chappelle's show that his employees thought he would kill himself.