On Monday nightโs episode of โThe Daily Show,โ Jon Stewart slammed President Donald Trump for walking out of his recent โMeet the Pressโ interview in the face of relentless fact-checking from interviewer Kristen Welker.
โNow, you could view this as the hissy-fit of an incredibly fragile man-baby, whose paper-thin skin canโt handle venturing out of the sycophantic embrace of his tongue-bathing acolytes,โ Stewart said. โOr, actually, I donโt know how else you can view it. It really is just that. It is sad. Itโs very sad.โ
Tensions began bubbling over during Trumpโs โMeet the Pressโ interview when Welker pressed the President on whether he planned to push forward with his controversial $1.8 billion โanti-weaponizationโ fund meant to protect individuals who claimed to be persecuted by the federal government, including those who raided the Capitol on Jan. 6. Trump said those involved witht the riot had โlost everythingโ in the aftermath, and on the day, โthey had FBI agents ushering them into the building.โ Welker pushed back on the latter claim, telling Trump he had โno evidence of that.โ
โI donโt know whatโs going to happen with the weaponization fund,โ Trump said to Welker. โI love the idea, because people like you, the fake dirty press, the crooked press, people like stupid Biden, heโs not smart enough to know whatโs going on, but people that surrounded him, surrounded his beautiful Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, what they did to the lives of people, they destroyed people. They sent people to jail who did nothing wrong.โ
The conversation then drifted to the 2020 presidential election, which Trump called โrigged.โ He also made allegations of fraud in the California election system. At every turn, Welker repeatedly fact-checked Trump.
Eventually, Trump had enough. He told Welker before storming off, โYouโre a one-sided crooked network. Sorry. Letโs call it quits because Iโve had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time.โ
Watch the entire monologue below.
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