Trevor Noah Sums Up Elon Musk's Twitter Problems With Perfect Sports Analogy

Trevor Noah likened Elon Musk and his fraught takeover of Twitter to a sports fan screaming at players on the TV screen, thinking they know best.

In between-the-scenes footage filmed for The Daily Show this week, Noah said hed recently caught himself yelling at a Liverpool soccer player whod failed to spot a pass.

Noah said he suddenly realized: He doesnt have your angle, Trevor. He cant see it. The game is experienced very differently for fans and players who are out on the field, he noted.

The same thing happened here. Elon was just using Twitter and he was like, Just do this, and now hes in it, and hes like, Arrrrghhhh, Noah cracked, referring to the countless troubles the billionaire has encountered since completing his acquisition of the platform late last month.

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