On this weekโs episode of โThe Daily Show,โ Jon Stewart attacked President Donald Trump for his lack of focus amid the United Statesโ war with Iran.
โYou know, honestly, his leering behavior is less โCommander-in-Chief at war,โ and more โgrandpa whoโs lost his filter in public,โโ Stewart joked of Trumpโs recent demeanor. โInstead of assuaging a nervous nation, heโs just embarrassing the whole family at dinner, going, โHey, do you see our waitress is a busty one! Just like your grandma was.โโ
Regardless of how Trump acts, the late-night pundit asserted that the presidentโs โloyal henchmanโ will do everything they can to โassure you that itโs really the opposite of everything youโre seeing.โ
Stewart then cut to a clip of Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the Conservative Political Action Conference over the weekend. During his on-stage interview, he said Trump has โencyclopedic, molecular knowledge,โ and recalled a time when the president drew a โperfect mapโ of the Middle East on a placemat and โput the troop strength of every country on every border on that map.โ
โHas anyone thought about filming that? Let us see that,โ Stewart said. โBecause thatโs not what we see. What we see is a president four weeks into a war he has yet to fully explain, with objectives he has yet to fully define, only displaying molecular knowledge in a cabinet meeting of his own pen preferences.โ
The show then cut to a clip of Trump at a cabinet meeting regaling his administration about the time he was handing out โ$1,000 pensโ to his supporters.
โThey were $1,000 a piece, beautiful pen, ballpoint, $1,000, it was gold, silver, gorgeous,โ Trump said in the clip. โBut Iโm handing out to kids that donโt even know what the hellโ โWhat is this, mommy?โ Thereโs kids, theyโre getting a pen for $1,000. They have no idea what it is.โ
โThat is a cabinet meeting during a fucking war,โ Stewart exclaimed. โYou know, all we keep hearing from this administration is why the American people have to sacrifice for Trumpโs vision of Americaโs greatness. That these temporary disruptions are just part of the process, and why canโt we be patriots? We have to be patient, we have to suck it up, whether itโs high gas prices or whimsical tariff inflation or draconian I.C.E. raids or temporary bill of rights suspensions. Itโs on us to understand, but Trump gets to be his same old, โAinโt I a stinker,โ utterly self-absorbed, โRemember when I used to want to fuck hot girlsโ self.โ
Watch the entire monologue below.